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Medium Cool, American film drama, released in 1969, that captured the fractious spirit of its day and highlighted the many social and ethical issues of the late 1960s.. Medium Cool follows television news cameraman John Cassellis (played by Robert Forster) as he shoots hard-to-get footage of disasters, accidents, and other unseemly incidents that his network demands.
MEDIUM COOL. Directed by. Haskell Wexler. United States, 1969. Drama, Romance. 111. Synopsis. A detached TV news cameraman and a warmhearted Appalachian woman are engulfed in a wave of fear and violence during Chicago’s 1968 Democratic National Convention, in a style where the lines between a documentary and a fictional film become blurred.
13 de may. de 2008 · Medium Cool trailer
Political cinema was prominent around the world during the 1960's and in 1969 comes cinematographer-turned-writer/director Haskell Wexler with his own revolutionary Medium Cool, which plays out along the lines of a news story.When satires like Dr. Strangelove and The Manchurian Candidate or thrillers like Fail-Safe have come out, Haskell Wexler sheds light on the nation's growth without any ...
John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discovers that his network is helping the FBI by granting them access to his footage to find suspects. Haskell Wexler. Director, Writer. Reviews.
John Cassellis is the toughest TV-news reporter around. His area of interest is reporting about violence in the ghetto and racial tensions. But he discovers that his network helps the FBI by letting it look at his tapes to find suspects. When he protests, he is fired and goes to the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
2 de jun. de 2013 · Medium Cool, his debut feature, plunges us into the moment. With its mix of fictional storytelling and documentary technique, this depiction of the working world and romantic life of a television cameraman (Robert Forster) is a visceral cinematic snapshot of the era, climaxing with an extended sequence shot right in the middle of the riots surrounding the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
