{"id":98059,"date":"2024-06-23T22:13:23","date_gmt":"2024-06-24T05:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=98059"},"modified":"2024-06-23T22:24:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T05:24:04","slug":"medium-cool-1969","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=98059","title":{"rendered":"Medium Cool (1969)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;The whole world is watching! The whole world is watching!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Poster-194x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-98060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Poster-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Poster-175x270.png 175w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Poster.png 606w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter being fired by his station, a television news cameraman (Robert Forster) works freelance for the Democratic National Convention and falls for an Appalachian widow (Verna Bloom) with a young son (Harold Blankenship).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Journalists<\/li>\n<li>Television<\/li>\n<li>Verna Bloom Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary notes that this &#8220;Godard-influenced political film&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;directed, produced, written, and photographed by noted leftist cinematographer Haskell Wexler&#8221; &#8212; is today &#8220;a curio, a time piece, but when it came out it caused tremendous excitement among young viewers involved in anti-establishment causes and interested in political films, as well as those who may simply have appreciated unique ways to tell stories on film.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Forster2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Forster2-1024x556.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-98073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Forster2-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Forster2-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Forster2-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Forster2-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Forster2-497x270.png 497w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Forster2.png 1289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In describing the movie, Peary writes that Forster&#8217;s &#8220;cocky Chicago television reporter&#8230; tries to remain detached from his stories despite their increasing political and social significance,&#8221; but &#8220;we see his social consciousness rise after he is told off by some ghetto blacks [sic] for being part of establishment media that distorts news&#8221;: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Dont-Honey-Me.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Dont-Honey-Me-1024x558.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-98063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Dont-Honey-Me-1024x558.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Dont-Honey-Me-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Dont-Honey-Me-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Dont-Honey-Me-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Dont-Honey-Me-495x270.png 495w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Dont-Honey-Me.png 1288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and &#8220;after covering the Democratic Convention and the ensuing riots during which Mayor Daley&#8217;s gestapo police beat up countless protestors.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Medics.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Medics-1024x548.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"343\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-98070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Medics-1024x548.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Medics-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Medics-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Medics-768x411.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Medics-504x270.png 504w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Medics.png 1292w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, &#8220;when he learns that his network has been handing over his tapes to the FBI, he finally understands the function of the media\/press and how uninvolved newsmen&#8221; &#8212; like himself &#8212; &#8220;are doing a disservice to the people.&#8221; Forster&#8217;s process of humanization is made especially apparent as he moves away from dating &#8220;a sexy bubblehead&#8221; (Marianna Hill) and falls for a &#8220;poor, kindly widow&#8221; from West Virginia,&#8221; and &#8220;befriends her son.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Trio.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Trio-1024x556.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-98075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Trio-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Trio-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Trio-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Trio-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Trio-497x270.png 497w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Trio.png 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As described by Peary &#8212; and documented at length in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0296726\/\"><em>Look Out, Haskell, It&#8217;s Real: The Making of Medium Cool<\/em> (2001)<\/a> &#8212; &#8220;Wexler interweaves professional actors with amateurs, his fictional story with real footage of the Chicago convention&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Rally.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Rally-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-98068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Rally-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Rally-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Rally-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Rally-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Rally-495x270.png 495w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Rally.png 1279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;and violent police-protestor confrontations&#8221; to the extent that &#8220;at times the actors are on the scene during the rioting and Wexler takes his camera right into the fray,&#8221; to &#8220;remarkable&#8221; impact. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Bring-GIs-Home.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Bring-GIs-Home-1024x547.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"342\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-98067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Bring-GIs-Home-1024x547.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Bring-GIs-Home-300x160.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Bring-GIs-Home-128x68.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Bring-GIs-Home-768x410.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Bring-GIs-Home-505x270.png 505w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Bring-GIs-Home.png 1288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the time of this writing, the film is now 55 years old and even more relevant than ever, as protests and violent clashes with police continue, and the role of the media in covering such events remains hotly debated. To that end, the historical footage Wexler managed to capture and weave together from this specific point in time is truly impressive. Unfortunately, the impressionistic storyline meanders to the point of not quite cohering, and the abrupt ending &#8212; including a fun self-referential turn &#8212; is jarring. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Final-Shot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Final-Shot-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-98076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Final-Shot-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Final-Shot-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Final-Shot-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Final-Shot-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Final-Shot-494x270.png 494w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Final-Shot.png 1289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, this film is far too creative, eclectic, and historically relevant for film fanatics not to check out at least once. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Forster as John Cassellis<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Forster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Forster-1024x544.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-98077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Forster-1024x544.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Forster-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Forster-128x68.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Forster-768x408.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Forster-509x270.png 509w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Forster.png 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Verna Bloom as Eileen<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Bloom3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Bloom3-1024x553.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"346\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-98081\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Bloom3-1024x553.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Bloom3-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Bloom3-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Bloom3-768x415.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Bloom3-500x270.png 500w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Bloom3.png 1284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Harold Blankenship as Harold<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Blankenship4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Blankenship4-1024x552.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"345\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-98082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Blankenship4-1024x552.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Blankenship4-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Blankenship4-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Blankenship4-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Blankenship4-501x270.png 501w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Blankenship4.png 1298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wexler&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Nurse-Walking.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Nurse-Walking-1024x556.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-98074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Nurse-Walking-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Nurse-Walking-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Nurse-Walking-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Nurse-Walking-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Nurse-Walking-497x270.png 497w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Nurse-Walking.png 1281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Window2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Window2-1024x556.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"348\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-98066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Window2-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Window2-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Window2-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Window2-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Window2-497x270.png 497w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Window2.png 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li>Remarkable cinema verite footage throughout<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Meat-Market-Corner.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Meat-Market-Corner-1024x549.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"343\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-98069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Meat-Market-Corner-1024x549.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Meat-Market-Corner-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Meat-Market-Corner-128x69.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Meat-Market-Corner-768x411.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Meat-Market-Corner-504x270.png 504w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-Meat-Market-Corner.png 1288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-F-You-Pigs.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-F-You-Pigs-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-98071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-F-You-Pigs-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-F-You-Pigs-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-F-You-Pigs-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-F-You-Pigs-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-F-You-Pigs-494x270.png 494w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Medium-Cool-F-You-Pigs.png 1293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, for its historical relevance. Selected in 2003 for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being &#8220;culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0064652\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1969\/08\/28\/archives\/real-events-of-68-seen-in-medium-coolhaskell-wexler-wrote-and.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s4197cool.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/medium-cool\/review\/2030120345\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qnetwork.com\/review\/2899\">Q Network Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/medium-cool\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The whole world is watching! The whole world is watching!&#8221; Synopsis: After being fired by his station, a television news cameraman (Robert Forster) works freelance for the Democratic National Convention and falls for an Appalachian widow (Verna Bloom) with a young son (Harold Blankenship). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Journalists Television Verna Bloom Films Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: Peary notes that this &#8220;Godard-influenced political film&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;directed, produced, written, and photographed by noted leftist cinematographer Haskell Wexler&#8221; &#8212; is today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=98059\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&quot;The whole world is watching! 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