Well that's partly due to Clooney's box-office appeal, which he uses to try to make/be in films he really wants to make - as with Good Night and Good Luck.

For anyone who hasn't seen it - a number of people complain that it is too complicated - just don't try to understand everything as you watch, some things you've just seen become clear some time later in the film.

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.