this is likely the beginning of a mini-deluge of titles and lists, but

here're my quick contributions:



Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, dir.)-- the media baron as megalomaniac



Network (Sidney Lumet, dir.)--  Faye Dunaway's producer character as a

cold and manipulative  opportunist willing and eager to cash in on the

psychological unraveling of her lead news anchor



Bamboozled (Spike Lee, dir.) -- television producers who turn to

neo-minstrel programming, selling out the black race for superior profits.



For a documentary approach, see the relatively new release from the

Media Education Foundation called "Money for Nothing" (Kembrew McLeod,

dir.); it details the inner logic and profit-driven machinations of the

corporate recording industry and the manner in which it places culture

itself at risk. It's narrated by Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore and features

such notable as Robert McChesney, Reebe Garofalo, Dave Marsh, Chuck D,

Michael Franti, and Ani Difranco weighing in on the corporate production

of music media.





Murray Forman

Department of Communication Studies

Northeastern University



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