Page One: Inside the New York Times, which opens Thursday at O Cinema, will mean different things to different people.The people whom it would most benefit will not see it. The people who are offended by the notion that a newspaper should charge online readers, the people who think The Huffington Post Does Just Fine On Its Own, Thank You, will not pay $11 to be taught otherwise, and you can't blame them.
Director Andrew Rossi has put together a film so nebulous in theme that it can't really be advertised as anything interesting, and the people who are most excited about the film will be left yelling "Fer chrissakes, where's the NUT GRAF?"
And those people, the journalism nerds, the ones who will reverently hold their hands over their hearts when Gay Talese comes on screen, the ones who will want to shadowbox when David Simon speaks ever so briefly, they probably won't learn anything new. The business model is broken. We know. If you recognize the name Bill Keller, you already know the "news in the 21st century" argument, and Page One will not take you any closer to conclusions.
Follow Cultist on Facebook and Twitter @CultistMiami.