This movie was made at least twenty years ago, so it's possible - nay, probable that you've seen it before. But if you haven't, you must. The reason why is the same reason why this is a Cafe post and not an Arts and Entertaniment post.
The Network was true in its' day, and a thousand times moreso today. In it, the main characters are not really characters at all. There is no happy ending, or simple resolution, or answer, because in the real life - the life that was seen as real before it was supplanted for what people wished life was - life is not built to script, it does not end with a sentence explaining what happens to the character for the rest of their life. The Network is true because it is of a world of nothing but scripts, and hunger for ratings, shares, and an illusion of power.
It is hard to describe outright, and I want to avoid spoilers for those who haven't seen it. Suffice to say that it is the argument that should win, the one that does win in real debate. But, as the Network shows, a winning argument is beat if you change the rules. The whole film has an undercurrent of epic proportions, as Howard articulates just what it is humanity is doing, and is bound to do. Today, we realize we are on the same tracks and much further along then even Howard predicted.
Watch the film if you haven't, and if you have, watch it again. It's absolutely right, and it's bound to become moreso as time goes on.
