Christine (dir. Antonio Campos).
“Half the film feels like a love letter to small-town journalism’s heyday with newsreel and 35mm film footage motifs transitioning to thematic elements of sensationalism during the advent of video. Christine really...

Christine (dir. Antonio Campos).

Half the film feels like a love letter to small-town journalism’s heyday with newsreel and 35mm film footage motifs transitioning to thematic elements of sensationalism during the advent of video. Christine really focuses on how [Christine] Chubbuck lived and battled through depression, mental illness, and loneliness before succumbing to the intense pressure she constantly felt. She was seen as a smart, ambitious professional yet was crippled with insecurity and doubt leading to her famous on-air suicide.

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