12-29-2008, 06:56 AM
...of cinema that is. We were in SF today and decided to go see Milk at the Castro. Horrors, it is no longer playing there. They have Sound of Music, a singalong, instead. Grumpy but determined, we returned to Berkeley and watched it there. The venue was sucky compared to the Castro, but the film was fantastic, and sucked me back to the 70s with the memories. It was great seeing the movie having just driven past many of the scenes in the film. I've always thought Sean Penn was a brilliant actor, but he really takes the cake in this one. He IS Milk! Oscar material for sure.
Everybody should see this movie, especially those who I expect will avoid it. A bit of an emotional roller coaster for many I would think.
For those who weren't in SF at the time, it was as though the sky had fallen. Just a couple of weeks earlier the people's Temple murders and suicides had come down like a dark cloud and almost everybody knew someone involved in that tragedy. Now suddenly the mayor and a historic figure of a supervisor have been slain. To top it off, the murderer got off with a slap on the wrist. I really had the feeling that the world had gone completely mad.
Everybody should see this movie, especially those who I expect will avoid it. A bit of an emotional roller coaster for many I would think.
For those who weren't in SF at the time, it was as though the sky had fallen. Just a couple of weeks earlier the people's Temple murders and suicides had come down like a dark cloud and almost everybody knew someone involved in that tragedy. Now suddenly the mayor and a historic figure of a supervisor have been slain. To top it off, the murderer got off with a slap on the wrist. I really had the feeling that the world had gone completely mad.
