I just saw Milk, a great movie about the true life and passion of Harvey Milk's fight for gay rights in the USA in the 1970's. They way some people treated them (and some still do today) is apoling! It's not about sexual orientation, ethnicity or believes, it's about basic human right for all humans. Harvey and the mayor of San
Fransisco was murded in cold blood cause some people wouldn't not accept was they stood for.
Storyline: Using flashbacks from a statement recorded late in life and archival footage for atmosphere, this film traces Harvey Milk's career from his 40th birthday to his death. He leaves the closet and New York, opens a camera shop that becomes the salon for San Francisco's growing gay community, and organizes gays' purchasing power to build political alliances. He runs for office with lover Scott Smith as his campaign manager. Victory finally comes on the same day Dan White wins in the city's conservative district. The rest of the film sketches Milk's relationship with White and the 1978 fight against a statewide initiative to bar gays and their supporters from public school jobs. Source: IMDB.com
Milk is a film I highly recommend both because of the contents and because of the cinematography of the film. The film is made up of old footage from the 1970's mixed with today's techniques. Throughout the whole film Harvey Milk is a narrator and is recording his "biography" on tape in case he's assassinated. The director, Gus Van Sant, has an amazing way of traveling through time. Even though we're following the characters for several years, it's still flows nicely. Some amazing shots and great acting, especially from Jean Penn (Harvey Milk) and from James Franco (Scott Smith).
Rent it, buy it, borrow it or whatever, but this is a great film :D (£3,98 at Amazon.co.uk)
I love The Script, another great song is The Man Who Can't Be Moved
Today's song: The Script - If you ever come back
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