MILK
USA 2008, R: GUS VAN SANT. Mit Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, James Franco, Diego Luna, Jeff Koons. HD digital, OmU, 128 Min.
Harvey Milk war der erste offen schwule Mann, der in den USA ein öffentliches Amt bekleiden durfte. Das war 1977. Es ging nicht lange gut.
„MILK tells Harvey Milk’s story as one of a transformed life, a victory for individual freedom over state persecution, and a political and social cause.
There is a remarkable shot near the end, showing a candlelight march reaching as far as the eyes can see. This is actual footage. It is emotionally devastating. And it comes as the result of one man’s decisions in life.
Sean Penn never tries to show Harvey Milk as a hero, and never needs to. He shows him as an ordinary man, kind, funny, flawed, shrewd, idealistic, yearning for a better world.
He shows what such an ordinary man can achieve. Milk was the right person in the right place at the right time, and he rose to the occasion.“ (Roger Ebert)
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