Blog: DeckFight

The other night I watched the movie The Paper for the first time. It's by Ron Howard, so there is some sap squeezed from the tree as the lead character played Michael Keaton fights for truth in a world only concerned with bottom lines and he makes his child's birth despite his wife's doubts about his priorities. I'm not as concerned about the narrative tension as the moment in time. It's 1994. Only a couple of people in the movie have cellphones. Layout is done on the computer, but there is no Internet. And in a moment [...]