Medium Cool (1969)

Medium Cool: Directed by Haskell Wexler. With Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Marianna Hill. A TV news reporter finds himself becoming personally involved in the violence that erupts around the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

“Interesting approach to revealing the world of photo-journalism, news journalism, and political activism, conceived and directed by award–winning cinematographer Haskell Wexler. Fictional narrative features a Chicago TV news crew intertwined with actual news footage in and around the Democratic Convention of 1968.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere is a good balance between the fiction and non-fiction elements in as much as Wexler attempts to make his point. The fictional story line (a love story) is real enough to keep us watching and deflective enough to make the harsh realities of the non-fiction elements palatable.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAttention to detail defines Medium Cool as a very personal film for Wexler. There definitely is a political perspective. Second and third viewings will call attention to painstaking perfectionism in construction of shots, timing, and pace–the subject matter and cinematic approach (low budget, hand-held, docu-style) may suggest a `student filmu0026#39; so donu0026#39;t be confused. This is an extremely well-crafted highly professional product. Nice interjects of great era-defining music compliment the visuals.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eInventive, some say ground-breaking, certainly well worth watching.”