We've just been to see The Post. It's a period piece about how The Washington Post published details of a government report on the Vietnam war that the politicians did not want the public to know about. It's a very talky film as it's about people making decisions. There is some action in Vietnam at the start, but that's very limited. Despite not knowing much of the history we enjoyed it and I will be reading up on it. The performances are great. I expect Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep will get some awards.
It has definite resonance with out times with the conflict between the government and the media. There are still good reporters out there who want to expose the truth, but this shows how business can get in the way of that.
It's set in the early 70s and that's well done with the clothes and cars. It's very noticeable that all the meetings Post owner Steep goes into are all men apart from her. There are black faces around, but they don't really get to speak. I also noticed how many typewriters you see. I have to wonder if Tom Hanks had a hand in that as he collects them.
We saw the movie at The Broadway in Letchworth. This is an old cinema that is run by a charity. I can remember when it was just a single big screen, but it's been chopped up to make four screen now and we were in the smallest one. It's still a nice place to go and they have some theatre on there too. You may recognise it as one of the locations in The World's End that was filmed around the town.
It actually makes a change to go to the cinema to see a 'grown up' movie. Most I've seen recently have tended to be Marvel or Star Wars.
Steem on!
I'm Steve, the geeky guitarist.
I'll buy guitar picks for Steem Dollars
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