civil rights epic

Felipe 2022-04-24 07:01:05

Seven gentlemen in history

"The Trial of the Chicago Seven" only brought me shock.

Borrowing the past to satirize the present, the scale is the highest of Netflix.

In the highly restored plot of the trial, the historical events are restored in the form of flashbacks, which excellently controls the rhythm of the film.

Civil rights, government, country, these key words run through the film and are a satire of the current American government. (Because the scale is too large, the plot will not be sorted out)

Business and literature strike a perfect balance in this film, and I look forward to seeing him in the Oscar nominations.

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Extended Reading
  • Grant 2022-03-25 09:01:08

    Alan Sorkin's long-awaited historical legal film recreates the pre-convicted and manipulated trial after the anti-Vietnam War movement in 1968. The filming is very neat, the court debate and the past flashbacks are cross-narrated, the lines are still as sharp and sonorous as always, but unfortunately the audio-visual language is still relatively rigid, the group portraits are focused, and some characters are not portrayed as flesh and blood, but the performances of several old actors Convincing (Cohen, Rylance, Michael Keaton, and Frank Langella as the judge). Launched at this time, it is quite intentional to use the past to satirize the present, hoping to turn the tide at a critical moment. (8.0/10)

  • Dominic 2022-03-26 09:01:05

    Like a political essay, arguing about whether it is on the surface or not, without the slightest attempt to penetrate the hearts of the characters, everyone is an empty speech machine that can't stop. This is not a movie, it is clearly a spit meeting that is not funny at all.

The Trial of the Chicago 7 quotes

  • Tom Hayden: If blood is going to flow, let it flow all over this city!

  • [after being informed of Fred Hampton's murder]

    Bobby Seale: [to Tom Hayden] You've all got the same father, right? 'Cut your hair, don't be a fag, respect authority, respect America - respect me.' Your life, it's a 'fuck-you' to your father, right? A little?

    Tom Hayden: Maybe.

    Bobby Seale: Maybe. And you can see how that's different from a rope on a tree?

    Tom Hayden: [quietly] Yeah.

    Bobby Seale: Yeah. He was shot in the shoulder first. You can't aim a gun if you've been shot in the shoulder, you can't squeeze the trigger. Second shot was in his head. Fred was executed. Anything else?

    William Kunstler: No.

    [Bobby leaves the room without another word]