By now, you see Sean Penn is your winner. Now, what was the role he was playing? What was the man's name? Why was he important? Here is a little something from an interview with the director, Gus Van Zant:
With the Prop 8 decision that rescinded gay marriage in California in November 2008, the gay movement has become a new issue for civil rights advocates. Can this movie charge reaction and stimulate a response that it might get people to be more conscious of the issues that are well defined in the film?
GVS: Yeah, especially now with Prop 8 and the reactions to Prop 8. It's mobilized and brought together the gay community--particularly, the younger gay community. It's their time now and they have taken to the streets. I think there was an interview by a gay writer in Los Angeles, and who had been to the first rally that was a response to Prop 8 decision in Los Angeles.
He went to the West Hollywood gathering, and there was a speaker, and, to his surprise, everyone walked away and walked up the street to Sunset. He had been to many rallies in West Hollywood, this had never happened before. I think there's a new energy that's inspiring.
Our film is about a new energy of a different time--a sexual liberation from the '60s that developed in people who had found their gay sexuality and banded together in the Castro, which had a lot of young energy of that time. [It's also about] the nuts and bolts of the political strategies that are hugely informative in the movie--and mostly inspiring. When it plays in theaters, it definitely plays into that gay civil rights energy of today.
So this guy was important to make a movie about. In your view, using sources, is this movie a product of today's culture? Could this movie have come out 20 years ago? Explain.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1. Harvey Milk
ReplyDelete2. A gay polotition
3. Harvey milk was a openly gay polotition that was shot because of it.
4. This movie would have not ben socialy exceptable 20 years ago because gay marriage was not eceptable 20 years ago
his role: a gay politition
ReplyDeletemans name: harvey milk
importance: first openly gay polotition
The man sean penn was playing was named harvey milk. Harvey milk is a man who was an american politician who was the first to be openy gay and elected to public office in california. He was later assasinated by another politicion . This movie is important because its all about gay rights and it was a big issue when the movie takes place (1960's) and even still today.
ReplyDelete1. Sean Penn portrayed a gay polictician that lived in the 1960's. This man was killed because he was gay, and this made the movie important.
ReplyDelete2. Harvey Milk
3. Harvey Milk was important because he was one of the first gay politicians, creating contreversy and hapiness.
4. Most likely this movie "could" have been made 20 years ago, but would most likely not be in theaters, and it would be VERY contrevisal, and most likely cause many problems amongst people.
This is Ciara and Aoife