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Alex and Tom Shkolnik discuss the film Network and its implications on media and society.

Today Alex and special guest Tom Shkolnik discuss the 1976 film Network directed by Sidney Lumet, written by Paddy Chayefsky and starring Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, William Holden and Faye Dunaway. In this episode we discuss Lumet's film-making style, how Network predicted the future, the evolution of the media landscape, the impact of systems and media on how we think and behave, technology addiction, cultural stagnation and much more. Tom is the director of the 2012 British dr...

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Host: Alex

Guest: Tom Shkolnik

Topics covered

• film analysis
• media evolution
• technology addiction
• cultural stagnation
• psychology of media

Keywords

• Network
• Sidney Lumet
• media landscape
• technology addiction
• cultural stagnation
• film analysis

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Books & works: Network

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