A top-secret document, first published by The New York Times, made the Washington Post a joke. On the front page of the day, one was denouncing the government for lying, and the other was engaging in the wedding lace of political celebrities.

The judgment was made, and the editor-in-chief was ashamed.

At the same time, the female boss is struggling to solve the financial problems of the newspaper, and the IPO plan has begun, and the stock value of more than 3 million US dollars can provide a stable income for more than 20 reporters in five years, so that the scale and influence of the newspaper can be expanded.

It was Kay's long-cherished wish to make The Washington Post no longer a local newspaper.

After the basic conflicts are established, the second act is to create the plots of these conflicts to be fuller and more complex.

A series of twists and turns, obstacles, and chaotic elements are constantly stacked into the story, each with the goal of stopping the protagonist from moving towards his goal.

The boss, Kai, and the editor-in-chief, Ben, had the same desire from the beginning, which was to increase the prestige of the newspaper.

However, the two have different approaches.

I think that the content is the soul of the newspaper, and compared to any scandal lace, the major events of the family and the country are the guarantee of the status and power of the newspaper.

Kai, on the other hand, is trying to raise money to win over the chaebols, listen to their opinions, meet their needs, and convince them to approve of the paper, while also hoping to be recognized himself.

Big news means a huge legal crisis, and The New York Times is facing a major charge of leaking state secrets for publishing top-secret Pentagon documents.

As a major newspaper, the Washington Post, which was only a local tabloid at the time, naturally had serious internal disagreements.

On the one hand, there is the perseverance of the reporter and editor, who spent 10 hours sorting out 7,000 pages of information and digging up big news.

On the one hand, there is the tiptoeing of the operators, and once the big news is released, the legal person may go to jail, the investor may withdraw its investment, and finally even the newspaper may collapse with a bang.

Around this irreconcilable absolute conflict, the script establishes multiple sets of contradictions from small to large.

The first is the gender contradiction between widows and men, at that time the United States was not particularly friendly to women, when men talked about things, women had to leave consciously, and even Kai, as the boss, needed to gossip with men's wives after dinner and pull relationships.

Many small details reflect the heroine's helplessness and lack of confidence in the pile of men, such as when she entered the club where men often went to talk, she hurriedly knocked down the chair and suffered the white eyes of the men on the side;

When I attended an investment meeting, I couldn't speak at all, and some people thought that they didn't have the ability to take the helm because of their gender.

often weakly trapped in the pile of men.,Trying to restrain the panic in my heart.。

Even the editor-in-chief did not have enough respect for Kai, and broke into Kai's home again and again at night without an appointment, claiming that not publishing was discrimination by government power.

So it seems that Tom Hanks is the male protagonist, but in fact, the first protagonist is definitely Aunt May, she needs to get the recognition of the weight, the recognition of men, the recognition of colleagues, and the recognition of women from the entire patriarchal society.

At the low point of the plot, Ben thought that he was under great pressure, but his wife reminded him that in fact, the most pressure was Kai as the boss.

If you fail, you can find another job, and Kai will go to jail and lose everything!

The larger theme surrounding the topic of gender is undoubtedly the wrestling between the media and the government, with the defense of the First Amendment's right to a free press becoming the film's most blatant conflict.

The most touching thing is the anger of the media people, we lose, the country loses.

The government won this time, there will be a next time, and it will win in the future, because we are afraid.

The only way to defend publishing is to publish itself!

When Kelly defies public opinion, in the face of huge group pressure and personal pressure, trembling and stammering, "Publish, publish", the theme of the film and the arc of the characters complete the closure and transition.

Finally, in the crowd of men, he held his head high and said proudly for the first time: "This is my company." ”

His own role is covered up, not only himself, but also other characters, and through the collision and change of the two protagonists, the contradictions and conflicts can be profoundly highlighted.

Prior to publication, the government authorities continued to exert pressure, leaking state secrets, confusing the public, and smearing the Vietnam War with an unfavorable color. One big hat after another was buckled on the media, hoping to hide it from the world and tie the hands and feet of the media.

The New York Times, as the leader, has capitulated and conceded defeat and stopped publishing relevant articles. Just when press freedom was first hit hard, The Washington Post stepped up.

Nixon, as the antagonist, was always in the dark, in silhouette, and the White House building where he was located was gloomy and lightless, while the newspaper office was bright, always shrouded in sunlight or lights.

The verdict, which symbolized victory, released the many conflicts that the director had buried at the beginning, and the questions were answered.

Overcoming many obstacles, he achieved his desires, gained recognition, and sought the truth.

Women, wars, and countries are constantly revising the truth in front of the mirror of the media, and the media serves as a searchlight to illuminate more explanations of these discourses to the public, so that the public can look at the truth of women, war, and the country more comprehensively and abandon prejudice.

As an eyewitness, Ding Cheng found that it was not only the construction of the storyline, but also Spielberg's use of dynamic camera language in the film to express this tense and turbulent moment.

Using the moving camera to create panic, scenes, and scenes become a kind of subtext. Shooting from above Kai's shot, it renders a sense of isolation and insignificance.

In the empty and dark surroundings, there is a surge of power that she can not resist, and there is a hidden killing intention. Then the camera begins to slowly lift and rotate.

The voice of doubt came from all sides of the telephone, and the sense of horror came to her face, and the heroine was speechless......

When photographing himself, the picture of the big scene is flat, stereotyped, and oppressive. As for the male protagonist, the camera chooses a wider angle, from close-up to close-up, and half of the character's body is included in the picture.

Because of the only man who supported the publication of the document, he was weak, emotional, and restless.

The most memorable scene is Aunt Mei's dedication to the actress performance, after asking for business advice, the picture first adopts a stable close-up, and after a fierce inner battle, the picture begins to advance, until it is pushed to a large close-up of the face, and Kai, who was originally isolated and small in the picture, suddenly occupies the entire shot.

All the tremors in the face and the melancholy in the eyes are clear!

"Come on, come on, let's publish the article. ”

Then he hung up the phone in a hurry, for fear that he would regret it. The camera zooms to the panorama.

After the final word, the pressure of the audience and the pressure of the characters are relieved and released under the change of scenes, and the inner changes of the characters are accurately displayed through the subtext of the camera.

The use of all elements is absolutely master-level, free to retract and release, properly handled, and done in one go!

Spielberg meticulously recreates the whole process of newspaper proofreading, word selection, typesetting, and printing at the end.

Complicate and ritualize the behavior so that it appears solemn, so that the sense of reverence is less fragile.

These pictures let the audience understand the truths and responsibilities that need to be engraved as communicators, and the truth can be transmitted through so many processes.