450 words individually synced and animated to the famous monologue from the 1976 movie Network. Network is a satirical film about a television network and its struggle to overcome poor ratings. Paddy Chayefsky’s Oscar-winning script about the pursuit of ratings at the cost of cultural integrity is a showcase for powerhouse acting by Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight (who each won Oscars). Finch plays a veteran network anchorman who has been fired because of low ratings. His character’s response is to announce he’ll kill himself on live television. What follows, along with skyrocketing ratings, is the anchorman’s descent into insanity, during which he fervently rages against the medium that made him a celebrity. The showpiece of the film is an inspired five minute monologue delivered by Finch, and included in full in the above animation. Although the monologue was written in 1975, the words are timeless and have many chilling parallels to the world today.
The more things change, the more they stay the same…
Mad As Hell! Kinetic Typography from Aaron Leming on Vimeo. Aaron says this took about 18 hours over the course of 3 days to make. Thanks To Nicholas.
