Show Notes
...get up out of your chairs, open the window, stick your head out, and yell, and say it: "I'm as mad as hell, and I'm gonna listen to The Director Dossiers' historical deep dive on the writing, filming, editing, and reception of Paddy Chayefsky and Sidney Lumet's Network!"
--------------------------------------- Watch and Subscribe on Youtube: https://linktr.ee/TheDirectorDossiers
--------------------------------------- Danny’s Instagram: @danny_barker @zatheband --------------------------------------- CHAPTERS:
0:00 – Intro 2:05 – The Writing 25:12 – The Filming & Editing 45:52 – The Release & Reception 54:49 – Thoughts and Analysis 1:43:42 – Abraham Lincoln and other Murdered Presidents 1:46:37 – Outro --------------------------------------- RESEARCH:
Network Youtube Playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkhiZW2Zi4nhWe74811gL0ax0df9FqwYx&si=IC0YE_rQQgYXxVOs
Books:
Mad As Hell: The Making of Network and the Fateful Vision of the Angriest Man in Movies by David Itzkoff: https://a.co/d/5onUtro
Making Movies by Sidney Lumet: https://a.co/d/5hetlOc
Hate Inc. by Matt Taibbi: https://a.co/d/0cY0Q0x3
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