I saw The Post today and enjoyed the movie as well. Having lived through those times it did bring back some difficult memories.....and demonstrated some uncomfortable parallels to our current times as well.
One thing I was not aware of was that the Washington Post was going public at the same time the Pentagon Papers publication took place. I also did not know that Katherine Graham was close personal friends with Robert McNamara or that Ben Bradlee and JFK were buddies.
I was coming up on draft eligibility and entering college in 1971 so it hit very close to home in that regard as well. College deferrals were a thing of the past and the draft lottery was in place.
Spielberg is a master of his craft so there were many interesting touches. I particularly enjoyed seeing the old newspaper publishing methods and equipment - Linotype machines, the huge printing presses. My father was a printer so I had some familiarity with those processes, too.
Oh, and thank goodness for mobile phones. There were a lot of public telephones in the movie. I remember hunting for pay phones on business trips way back when, too.
the telling thing about the Post was that Spielberg didn't even get a nomination.
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