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Medium Cool is a 1969 American drama film written and directed by Haskell Wexler and starring Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Marianna Hill and Harold Blankenship. It takes place in Chicago in the summer of 1968.
Feb 6, 1970 · A TV news reporter falls in love with a widow and her son amid the racial violence and political turmoil of the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The film mixes documentary footage and fiction, and is critical of the media's role in society.
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- Drama
- Haskell Wexler
- 1970-02-06
John Cassellis (Robert Forster) is a hardened TV news cameraman who manages to keep his distance while he captures daring footage of a nation in the throes of violent change.
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- Haskell Wexler
- R
- Robert Forster
Medium Cool is a film that blends fiction and documentary to capture the social turmoil of 1968 America, especially the riots in Chicago. It follows a TV cameraman (Robert Forster) who gets involved in the protests and his personal life.
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Medium Cool is a radical film by Haskell Wexler that blends fiction and documentary to explore the role of media in social conflicts. Roger Ebert praises its form, function and symbolism, and compares it to other experimental movies of the time.
A TV news reporter covers the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and faces moral dilemmas and personal conflicts. IMDb provides plot summaries, cast and crew information, user reviews, trivia and more for this classic film.
Medium Cool, American film drama, released in 1969, that captured the fractious spirit of its day and highlighted the many social and ethical issues of the late 1960s.
