Mr. Smith to Washington

Julie 2021-12-09 08:01:20

The film relies on the awakening of conscience to complete the drama climax and the carnival of justice, but it also fully expresses the out-of-control power and hypocritical freedom. From smugness to hysteria, while constructing a concise and invigorating tit-for-tat, hypocrisy and justice are also stubbornly ingrained in accusations and pursuits. Here, the temperament of this film lies in the courage to pierce the mask of sin. Light the dawn of hope.
The reality of self-interest and self-interest is full of lies and conspiracies. Don Quixote’s persistence and enthusiasm can’t find room for survival, and linger in a cruel society. Some people call it growing up, but some people call it dreams. Shattered. Permeated with the theme of American yearning for freedom, surging with the excitement of idealism, but the ending change is slightly blunt, idealistic castles in the sky.
This is the second collaboration between James Stewart, Kean Arthur, Edward Arnold, and director Frank Capra following "A Dream". A hillbilly in the eyes of a Washingtonian, a puppet in the eyes of politicians and journalists, but in order to maintain justice and freedom, he stood and spoke in Parliament for nearly 24 hours. It's a pity that James didn't win the Oscar. When he watched the final parliamentary drama, he was first excited and then cried.

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Extended Reading
  • Domenic 2022-03-27 09:01:06

    The front is well laid out, and the twists and turns in the middle are also very enjoyable. The problem is...the climax is too steep to solve, just brush it, and the film is over....

  • Leora 2022-04-24 07:01:06

    Mr. James Stewart, do you dare to shine a little more... You're glowing all over! This Mr. Don Quixote Smith may end up being killed just like his father.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington quotes

  • James Taylor: Hendricks, get the hoi polloi excited. Have them send protests, letters, wires, anything you like.

  • H.V. Kaltenborn, Himself: [Speaking into a CBS Radio microphone] This is H.V. Kaltenborn speaking. Half of official Washington is here to see democracy's finest show: the filibuster. The right to talk your head off. The American privilege of free speech in its most dramatic form. The least man in that chamber, once he gets and holds that floor, by the rules, can hold it and talk as long as he can stand on his feet. Providing always; first, that he does not sit down, second, that he does not leave the chamber or stop talking. The galleries are packed! In the diplomatic gallery, are the envoys of two dictator powers. They have come here to see what they can't see at home: democracy in action.