Il solista

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Sometimes a mere coincidence in Hollywood's haphazard release schedule crystallizes a national moment—a gathering mood, a twinge of longing. Two ambitious new movies, "The Soloist" and "State of Play," both offer the stirring sight of a daily newspaper being reported, printed, and delivered—loaded into trucks and flung onto front lawns before dawn. And that's not all: in "State of Play," the deadline for an important investigative piece is repeatedly pushed back until the reporter can get the full story; in "The Soloist," a series of newspaper articles causes a mayor to change a city's social policies. [...]

di David Denby, articolo completo (9567 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The New Yorker 27 aprile 2009