MEDIUM COOL by Haskell Wexler

The New York Times Review MEDIUM COOL



Today we'll watch Medium Cool. A movie shot using the Chicago Democratic Convention as the set. The action is live and the director used a flexible script to follow emerging actions. Some scenes used real actors who read from transcripts written by actual people, the Black Panthers, for example.

All in all, a very interesting movie in terms of production style, content and historical context.