George Clooney’s last movie (“Good Night, and Good Luck”) is simply awesome.

“The actions of the junior Senator from Wisconsin have caused alarm and dismay amongst our allies abroad, and given considerable comfort to our enemies. And whose fault is that? Not really his. He didn’t create this situation of fear; he merely exploited it — and rather successfully. Cassius was right. “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”

“The line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one. The Senator from Wisconsin has crossed the line repeatedly. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason. We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.”

“We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we dig deep in our history and doctrine and remember that we are not descended from fearful men, not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate and to defend causes which were for the moment unpopular. We can deny our heritage and our history, but we cannot escape responsibility for the result. There is no way for a citizen of the Republic to abdicate his responsibility.”

It’s not a stretch saying that the speach is even more actual and strong today than how it was back then (1954). Just in a more subtle way.

We seem to never really learn anything.

For those interested in the argument I suggest to hunt down “Red Hollywood”, a movie by Thom Andersen made completely through “found footage” (some marginal infos here).