#818: Network (7 From ’76) / Laura (’40s Noir #3) / Oscar Nominations

A primal scream from the post-Watergate American malaise, NETWORK is a movie entirely of its time that manages to speak directly to ours. Adam and Josh continue the 7 From '76—Best Year Ever series with Sidney Lumet’s Best Picture nominee, debating the effectiveness of Paddy Chayefksy’s bracing, if occasionally overwritten, script and praising the extraordinary cast (which received five Oscar noms). Plus Otto Preminger’s LAURA, the third film in the '40s Noir Marathon; and Filmspotting Madness Elite 8 Matchups.

0:00 - Billboard
1:31 - 7 From ’76—Best Year Ever: “Network”
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, “San Simeon Waltz” (from “Mank”)
49:43 - Oscar Nominations
57:46 - Next Week / Notes / Giveaways
1:11:55 - Filmspotting Madness, Elite 8
1:28:46 - ’40s Noir #3: “Laura”
1:48:13 - Outro

NOTES

• Wesley Morris talks Oscars on The Ringer