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Medium Cool

Beyond the age of innocence...into the age of awareness.

1969 · 1h 51m · R Drama
Directed by Haskell Wexler

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John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discovers that his network is helping the FBI by granting them access to his footage to find suspects.

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96%
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Fresh

Medium Cool is an awkward and even pretentious movie, but, like the report of the President's National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, it has an importance that has nothing to do with literature.

Vincent Canby, New York Times
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Moviemakers have at last figured out how bright the average moviegoer is. By that I don't mean they're making more 'intelligent' pictures. I mean they understand how quickly we can catch onto things.

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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