Wires and lights in a box

Good Night, and Good Luck

(2005)

Hey, here's a question: why didn't this picture make David Strathairn a big star? Was it that he was so damned good portraying Edward R. Morrow than no producer or casting director could imagine him as anyone else? That's a ridiculous notion, of course, though given the absurdities of Hollywood, being ridiculous doesn't necessarily mean it's wrong. In any case, in the 8 years since this film, he hasn't had another lead role remotely comparable in visibility--and given that John Sayles, who gave Straithairn about half the work he got early in his career, seems to be making only about a film every 3 years nowadays, it has been mostly that box with the wires and lights for him lately. Sad.