This was a magnificent movie – I saw it yesterday at Nova (oh yeh, cheapo Monday). I knew it was going to be black and white, but I didn’t really know what else to expect in terms of the film. It was almost like a doco in many ways; I loved the way they used the original footage in the film – it was incredibly well done (the Liberace interview was hilarious). They obviously studied Murrow’s originals very closely… otherwise it just wouldn’t have worked. Clooney was pretty good; David S… whatever… was marvellous as Murrow. The music was also great.

I was surprised at how short it was: maybe 90 minutes at the most. It felt longer, but in a good way. I was also surprised at just how short the period McCarthy was doing his witch-hunting actually lasted. I’m sure it felt like an eternity to the people involved, and it was a long time in politics I guess, but the interviews and investigations ‘only’ lasted about 2 years; I had always got the impression it lasted longer.

I cannot recommend this highly enough. You don’t have to be all that politically minded, either, which I think is a positive; it is fairly obvious, with the choices of speeches etc, just what was going on. Very clever, very good.