Far and away the shining scene in Broadcast News was the one where Tom has to fill in for the anchor and Holly Hunter has to frantically feed him lines through his earpiece. The scene was not only a nice snapshot of the frantic and up-to-the-minute world of broadcast news, but it was very well choreographed, shot and staged. It drew me in and immediately connected me to both characters. It takes a while to get past the mid-eighties haze that hangs over the film (haircuts, clothes, etc) but once you do, it really becomes an engaging story. It’s interesting how as we watch movies made later and later, the role of the women in journalism and film alike begin to change drastically. Early on, women were getting disrespected, slapped, and trivialized. By the seventies (Network) and eighties (Broadcast News) women begin to take the roles of power both in film and journalism. All that being said, Holly Hunter’s accent did get become fairly aggravating to me…
A newseum interview about Broadcast News and how accurate the film is to the television life.
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