Christine
Nope not Stephen kings film about a killer car
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But true story of Christine Chubbuck descend into depression with serious consequences,
Everything about this film is done very well the tone , the acting is first class , style the music etc etc , its based in 1974 and has the correct feel that you could believe you was watching a film made from the 70s , Christine is a news reporter where her boss wants more oomph detail and depth into the next newsbeat , and focus less on human interest and more on crime , when the owner of the station wants to open a new station in Baltimore Christine wants a slice of the action , and wants to further her life career and future , she buys a scanner to try and catch the action the next big story, despite all her efforts she gets praise from her work colleagues but no satisfaction from her boss , it all starts to go downhill when she has stomach pains and needs a ovary removed and results in her having children becoming slim, and as the film plods on it shows Christine decline into depression getting annoyed and losing the plot and will to live , because she feels that no matter which way she turns everything is against her and her boss is never satisfied, it shows her slowly getting angry at her boss and everyone around her and the real kick in the teeth comes when the bloke she fancies but never hit on , start too get on well then he drops the bombshell he be moving too the new station, especially considering she wanted that position so badly , her boss is wanting more guts and glory and in the end she gives her boss exactly what he wants by committing suicide live on air .
Its a shame films like these don't get the recognition they deserve or pushed more up front because its films like these that deserve awards over half the shower of shite that gets nominated because they where a box office hit ,
A true modern masterpiece as far as I'm concerned and we need more of these , they are out there but we need to search for them and push aside all the blockbusters and well known films to find them
Highly recommended