Touching on tabloids, one might try _Men in Black_ (Barry Sonnenfeld) or _Freaked_ (Tom Stern and Alex Winter), though the latter is absolutely horrible. There's also _Based on an Untrue Story_, but I don'tt know anyhting about it. Scott =============================================================================== Scott Andrew Hutchins http://php.iupui.edu/~sahutchi Oz, Monsters, Kamillions, and More! My next vocal performance shall be December 27 at Unity Church of Indianapolis, 907 N. Delaware, at the 9 and 11 AM services. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frances: I've led a pretty boring life compared to yours. Freddy [the neighbor]: Mine was pretty boring, too. I've just got a knack for picking out the interesting bits. --David Williamson, _Travelling North_, Act Two Scene Three On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Peter Warren wrote: > Following up on my e-mail earlier today, I omitted some of Frank Capra's > works from my list of media movies. May I be crushed by ten thousand cans > of film! > The most important Capra film in this regard is MEET JOHN DOE (1941), > though we should include THE POWER OF THE PRESS (1928), MR. DEEDS GOES TO > TOWN (1936), and MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939). Even IT HAPPENED ONE > NIGHT(1934) touches on the tabloid press. Radio was also a powerful medium > before TV, though it appears to have received less attention from Hollywood > compared to the press - probably because the press was more visual > cinematically. Radio was often used as a background for musical comedy, > such as the BIG BROADCAST series by Paramount. Most of the movies I've > listed are on video, but if you have any specific questions I'll try to > answer them. > ---------- > > From: jmoran <[log in to unmask]> > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: Hollywood Narrative Films About Media Ethics > > Date: Thursday, January 07, 1999 6:06 PM > > > > > I am trying to accumulate a list of Hollywood films whose primary > > > narrative emphasis dramatizes an issue of media ethics. > > > Examples include Wag the Dog, Quiz SHow, Bulworth, Natural Born > Killers, > > > Man Bites Dog, Broadcast News, Citizen Kane, The Truman Show, Absence > of > > > Malice, Network, and so on. I would appreciate any suggestions to add > > to my list. > > > > > > J. Moran > > > > > > > > > > ---- > > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > > http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama.