Movie: "Milk"
I just got back from seeing Milk-it was like being thrown into the washing machine: I emerged wet, dizzy & wrung out, but somehow feeling cleansed. It was a very well-made film, with an Oscar-worthy performance by Sean Penn. I cried during the opening credits, which contain historical photos. Photos gay citizens being beaten by police officers; photos of men hiding their faces from photographs which would lead to eviction notices and destroy their careers . . . I cried during all the parts about Prop 6, thinking about Prop 8. I cried at the end. I cried talking to my friend on the walk home-her grandfather was gay. He was one of the last people in the United States to go to prision for sodomy.
Depressing yet uplifting. We’ve come a long way, but there’s a ways to go yet.
It is a worthwhile film. Go see it.
Depressing yet uplifting. We’ve come a long way, but there’s a ways to go yet.
It is a worthwhile film. Go see it.