I didn't grow up or ever live in NYC. I only really knew Hamill for his memoir A Drinking Life and Breslin was just a name to me. But this documentary really moved me due to the two journalists' craft and humanity and the sweep of history that they covered. As the documentary covers towards the end, it's a type of journalism that no longer exists anymore because the business model has been permanently altered. It's beyond a shame - - communities deserve to have writers like them covering the stories of their time and place.
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
2018
Action / Documentary
Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
2018
Action / Documentary
Plot summary
Directors Jonathan Alter, John Block and Steve McCarthy bring New York columnists Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill’s courageous writing to life, celebrating the acclaimed journalists and the city they loved.
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July 19, 2020 at 05:00 AM
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elegy for journalism
This is mostly about Breslin and not very insightful.
This was disappointing and really not so much about writing or Pete Hamill. It's about Breslin as a celebrity and liberal icon.
A History of New York City Through the Lenses of Two Larger Than Life Reporters
Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill; 2 of the most influential reporters of the 20th Century were similar to each other in many different ways, couldn't be more different from each other. They were celebrities, usually in the right way, but sometimes, the distraction as much as the messenger. This documentary is historical evidence of where journalism was, and where it naturally headed, and how we might rue the day we handed the reigns of the press to cyberspace.