Good Night, and Good Acting

With a cast of amazingly talented actors, all portraying the characters that were needed to push the story forward, I thought that Good Night, and Good Luck was a great testament to Edward R. Murrow and his contributions to the movement against McCarthy. Being a fan of films that take historic events and reenacts them, I was thrilled to find that some of the scenes where Murrow is talking on his show about McCarthy were taken directly from broadcasts 60 years ago. David Strathairn did a mesmerizing job imitating Murrow's movements and quirks, to the point where it was truly an art. The slight angling of the head down to the left while speaking, and the steady voice only brings you more into history. Here's two videos of the speech that ends with Cassius' realization, the first with the real Edward R. Murrow, and the second with Strathairn's reenactment. Seeing the movie play out the situation so similarly to the historic event makes me only enjoy it more.