[NEohioPAL] Got Milk?

Thu Dec 18 15:08:19 PST 2008

i saw the movie MILK this past weekend with about 10 gay friends
at the end of the movie, we wept openly
we were moved about a story of one man who was strong enough to care about  
his fellow glbt's so much, that he risked his life so that glbt's  could start 
to have a more secure future
you can say what you will about your feelings about the performances, but  
what i can tell you is what all of us felt that night, and that was a sense  of 
pride that this story, this also tragic story was told, and told in a way  
that we felt empowered and proud to be out and gay in our society.
because to this day, it isn't easy for anyone
and by the way, at the end of the movie, the audience applauded

respectfully
kjk

In a message dated 12/18/2008 4:34:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
kulturekids at yahoo.com writes:

perhaps,  but Gus Van Sant (Director) isn't exactly a pushover...it might 
have just been  bad for other reasons....making a good movie is hard no matter 
how many  talented people are involved.  
The studio system was  draconian, yes...but DAMN if they didn't produce great 
films (much more so  than today).
T.

--- On Thu, 12/18/08, Christopher Fortunato  <learnedhand at live.com> wrote:

> From: Christopher Fortunato  <learnedhand at live.com>
> Subject: Re: [NEohioPAL] Got  Milk?
> To: "Robert Hawkes" <rhhawkes at gmail.com>,  neohiopal at listserve.com
> Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 1:12  PM
> And that's probably because in Hollywood today, the
> actors  drive the movie.  Instead of letting the director do
> the stuff  that needs to be done, actors like Sean Penn start
> stirring the  pot.  Penn ruined the remake of "All The
> King's Men" with his one  note performance. 
> That's because the actors are the bankable ones,  and
> since money is power, they select the director, the  producer
> et al.
>  
> Could you imagine telling  Victoria Bussert, Tom Fulton,
> Terri Kent, Fred Sternfeld or Sue  Johnson how to direct a
> play or musical?  That's not to say they  won't let
> you try things in rehearsal, but the director has to  helm
> the project and needs to determine the final direction in
>  order to create wonderful art.  Having worked with all of
> them,  I've felt confident in their direction as well as
>  others.
>  
> I don't doubt, Robert, that Sean Penn stirred a  lot of
> stuff in creating that movie.
>  
>  Chris
> 
> 
> 
> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:00:07  -0500From:
> rhhawkes at gmail.comTo:  neohiopal at listserve.comSubject:
> [NEohioPAL] Got Milk?Milk - now  playing at the Cedar-Lee and
> possibly elsewhere. See - here's what I  mean: a story
> which would have been "powerful" if merely told,
>  but which here thoroughly betrays wonderful actors by klunky
> writing,  an appallingly manipulative musical score, anxious
> over-editing,  distracting focus on the "up close and
> personal" People/In Touch  elements - in short, by a
> completely successful attempt to make this  film and its
> story as numbingly ORDINARY as possible. A tale of  big
> issues becomes as trivial as Capote - a "tour de
> force"  for its principal actor, but nothing more. Just
> more TV. What a  disappointment. Argh. 
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