Ink review
Venice film festival Jack O’Connell is terrific as editor Larry Lamb in James Graham’s tale of Rupert Murdoch, Page 3 and the newspaper that transformed Fleet Street
TL;DR
- The film "Ink" portrays the rise of The Sun newspaper under Rupert Murdoch and Larry Lamb.
- It captures the energy and vulgarity of tabloid journalism while also showing its depressing aspects.
- The movie contrasts the lavish lifestyle of executives with the gritty reality of journalists and print unions.
- A significant part of the film is the true-crime story of Muriel McKay's kidnapping and death.
- The film questions whether the McKay kidnapping was a karmic judgment on the Murdoch group and The Sun.
- It explores the idea that media degradation, exemplified by The Sun, may have contributed to phenomena like Trumpism and the social media manosphere.