Michael Clayton (2007): Thoughts! Questions!

Christine Muller
3 min readFeb 2, 2024

About those horses…

Chasers

Friends, February has arrived. I’d like to think we all have. We’ve finished our “Oscar Drama” category (while Barbie has endured its own Oscar drama, am I right?) — and our first month with this newsletter. I’ve enjoyed this maiden voyage and hope, much like the starship Enterprise and the S.S. Minnow, the journey continues much longer than originally anticipated.

Next stop: movies involving “Love and Hate and Everything In-Between.” Spend this week with the somewhat brisk and brusque Michael Clayton, then get ready for the highs and lows of intense emotional connections.

Anyway, hello, welcome, and thank you for stopping by. For new visitors, here’s what this situation is all about:

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Christine Muller

Researching/teaching film, TV, and culture; writing screenplays - and the Savor the View newsletter. Through line? Learning how stories can show us the world.