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Posted: 10/29/08 at 10:25pm
http://www.mcnblogs.com/thehotblog/archives/2008/10/milk_does_a_cri.html
Here's an entry from Hollywood blogger David Poland:
"October 28, 2008
Milk Does A Critic Good
This is a quickie between films, but...
For the first time in my memory, we have a major Oscar movie that actually is a gay agenda movie. But on the making, it is so much more. It is a brilliant, powerfully humane piece of work that reaches well beyond the issue of gay rights or any idea that this is a gay-only film.
Sean Penn gives an Oscar lock performance of power and subtlety that ranks with the best of his career.
Great work by Franco, Hirsch, and Josh Brolin, who may not have enough screen time or empathy for awards, but got the mixed emotions of a murderer so right that I felt my blood go cold watching a shot of him walking a fateful hallway.
And the mixture of doc footage and this drama is amazing, pushing the bar farther and racking up another great piece by Harris Savides.
More later..."
Here's an entry from Hollywood blogger David Poland:
"October 28, 2008
Milk Does A Critic Good
This is a quickie between films, but...
For the first time in my memory, we have a major Oscar movie that actually is a gay agenda movie. But on the making, it is so much more. It is a brilliant, powerfully humane piece of work that reaches well beyond the issue of gay rights or any idea that this is a gay-only film.
Sean Penn gives an Oscar lock performance of power and subtlety that ranks with the best of his career.
Great work by Franco, Hirsch, and Josh Brolin, who may not have enough screen time or empathy for awards, but got the mixed emotions of a murderer so right that I felt my blood go cold watching a shot of him walking a fateful hallway.
And the mixture of doc footage and this drama is amazing, pushing the bar farther and racking up another great piece by Harris Savides.
More later..."
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
