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Chapter 446 The master is the master
A top-secret document, first released by the New York Times, made a joke out of the Washington Post.On the front page that day, one was blaming the government for lying, and the other was arranging wedding arrangements for political celebrities.

The editor-in-chief is ashamed to make a verdict.

At the same time, the female boss is struggling to solve the financial problem of the newspaper. The listing plan has begun. The stock value of more than 300 million US dollars can provide a stable income for more than 5 reporters in 20 years, allowing the scale and influence of the newspaper to expand.

It was Kay's long-cherished wish to make The Washington Post no longer a local paper.

After the basic conflicts are established, the second act is to make the plots of these conflicts more full and complex.

A series of twists and turns, obstacles and chaotic elements are constantly superimposed into the story, and the purpose of each trouble is to prevent the protagonist from advancing towards the goal.

Boss Kai and editor-in-chief Ben have the same desire from the very beginning, that is to improve the prestige of the newspaper.

However, their methods are different.

I thought that the content was the soul of a newspaper. Compared with gossip and lace, family and country affairs were the guarantee of a newspaper's status and power.

But Kay is trying to gather funds to win over various chaebols, listen to their opinions, meet their needs, persuade them to approve the newspaper, and at the same time hope to be recognized by himself.

Big news means facing a huge legal crisis. The "New York Times" is facing major charges of leaking state secrets because of publishing top-secret Pentagon documents.

As a major newspaper, the "Washington Post", which was only a local tabloid at the time, naturally had serious internal disagreements.

On one side is the indomitable journalists and editors, who spent 10 hours sorting out 7000 pages of information and digging out big news.

On the one hand, the operators are on the tiptoe. Once the big news is released, the legal person may be imprisoned, the investor may withdraw its capital, and finally even the newspaper office may collapse.

Around this absolute conflict that is difficult to reconcile, the script builds up multiple groups of contradictions from small to large.

The first is the gender contradiction between widows and patriarchy. At that time, the United States was not particularly friendly to women. When men talked about things, women had to leave consciously. Even Kai, who was the boss, needed to gossip with men’s wives after dinner to build relationships. .

Many small details reflect the heroine's helplessness and lack of confidence among men. For example, when entering a club where men often go to talk, she hurriedly knocks over a chair and receives a blank stare from the men on the side;

When attending an investment meeting, I couldn’t speak at all. Some people thought that they had no ability to take the helm because of their gender.

He often fell into the crowd of men helplessly, trying hard to control his inner panic.

Even the editor-in-chief didn't respect Kai enough. He broke into Kai's home without an appointment at night again and again, claiming righteously that non-publishing was discrimination by the government.

So it seems that Tom Hanks is the male protagonist, but in fact the first protagonist is definitely Aunt May. She needs to gain recognition from men, colleagues, and women from the entire patriarchal society through this incident. .

At the climax of the plot, Ben thought he was under tremendous pressure, but his wife reminded him that in fact, it was Kai, the boss, who was under the greatest pressure.

If you fail, you can get another job, and Kay will go to jail and lose everything!
The larger theme surrounding the topic of gender is undoubtedly the struggle between the media and the government, and defending the right of the free press under the First Amendment becomes the most blatant conflict in the film.

The most touching thing is the anger of the media people. If we lose, the country will lose.

If the government won this time, there will be another time, and it will win in the future, because we are afraid.

The only way to defend publishing is publishing itself!

When Kaili stood up to the crowd and stammered tremblingly in the face of huge group pressure and personal pressure, "Publish, publish", the theme of the film and the arc of characters completed the closure and turning point.

Finally, in the crowd of men, I proudly said for the first time: "This is my company."

My own role is covered up, not only myself, but other characters are like this. Only through the collision and changes of the two protagonists can the conflict be highlighted profoundly.

Before publication, government authorities continued to exert pressure, leak state secrets, confuse the public with rumors, and cast a negative color on the Vietnam War.One big hat after another has been put on the media, hoping to hide the truth and tie the hands of the media.

The New York Times, as a leader, has surrendered and stopped publishing relevant articles.Just when media freedom of the press suffered its first major blow, the Washington Post stood up.

As the antagonist, Nixon has always been in the dark, appearing as a silhouette. The White House building where he lives is gloomy and sees no light, while the newspaper office is bright, always shrouded in sunlight or lights.

The judgment that symbolized victory released the many conflicts buried by the director at the beginning, and the questions were answered.
Overcome many obstacles, achieve your desires, gain recognition, and explore the truth.

Women, war, and the country are constantly modifying the truth in front of the mirror of the media. The media, as a searchlight, shines more interpretations on these discourses to the public, allowing the public to look at women, war, and the country more comprehensively and without prejudice. the truth.

As an observer, Ding Cheng discovered that not only the plot of the story was constructed, but Spielberg also used dynamic camera language to express this tense and turbulent moment in the film.

Use the moving lens to create panic, the scene, the scene, become a kind of subtext.Looking down on Kai's camera, it renders a sense of isolation and insignificance.

The empty and dark surroundings surged with power that she could not resist, hiding murderous intent.Then the lens began to slowly lift and rotate.

Voices of doubt came from all directions of the phone, a sense of horror rushed over, and the heroine was speechless...

When shooting himself, the picture of the big scene is stable, rigid and oppressive.As for the male protagonist, the camera chooses a wider angle, changing from a close-up to a close-up, and half of the character's body is included in the picture.

Because, of the few men, only Ben supported the publication of the document, he was weak, emotional and restless.

The most memorable scene is Aunt Mei’s performance as a actress. After asking for advice on management, the screen first uses a stable close-up shot. After a fierce inner struggle, the screen starts to advance until the In the close-up of the face, Kai, who was originally isolated and small in the picture, suddenly occupies the entire shot.

All the trembling on the face and the melancholy in the eyes are clearly visible!
"Come on come on let's publish the article."

Then hung up the phone hastily, for fear that he would go back on his word.The camera pans out to a full view.

After the final decision, the pressure of the audience and the characters are relieved and released under the change of scenes, and the inner changes of the characters are accurately displayed through the subtext of the lens.

The use of all elements is absolutely master-level, freely retractable, well-controlled, and done in one go!
Spielberg meticulously recreates the whole process of newspaper proofreading, word picking, typesetting, and printing in a ritualized manner at the end.

Complicating and ritualizing the behavior makes it appear solemn, so that the heart of awe is no longer so fragile.

These pictures let the audience understand the truths and responsibilities that need to be engraved as communicators. The truth can only be spread through so many processes.
(End of this chapter)