I’m watching Z, from 1969, on TCM.
When I was in the 9th grade I saw Z on a school field trip. We took a yellow bus all the way into downtown Boston, which was a big deal in itself. I remember being completely wrapped up in the film, start to finish. Everything seemed to be so real, and not fake like a Hollywood movie. I wasn’t even aware that I was reading subtitles for over two hours, as I struggled to keep up with the story of political intrigue. The ending left me feeling upset and outraged. Z helped to develop my awareness of the adult world, and political corruption, which was further tested a couple of years later, with the news of the Watergate Hotel break-in by Nixon operatives.
P.S. The movie is over, and it occurs to me that it’s similar to Dragnet, in the way it goes through the investigative process.
I remember you coming back from that field trip. You were STOKED for a week at least! It clearly made a huge impression on you.