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Film Medium Cool (1969)

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Haskell Wexler made Medium Cool during one of the most turbulent periods in American history. A rash of assassinations, escalating war in Vietnam, and violent crackdowns against outraged citizens form the backdrop for this critique of news-media complacency. Wexler fleshes out the spindly storyline (a cynical TV cameraman falls for a war widow) with actual news clips — a technique that pays off at the film's climax, which features footage of student demonstrations at Chicago's 1968 Democratic National Convention. It's an event that Wexler banked on coinciding with the script's final scene — talk about life, imitating art, imitating life.

– Matt Sussman

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