After watching the movie, I came back and read the introduction about HARVEY MILK on WIKIPEDIA. I was a little surprised to find that the historical accuracy of the movie is really high. It is worth admiring.
I'm not too interested in the history of gay rights. I am interested in MILK and WHITE.
Regarding MILK, before he was 40 years old, MILK did not do a thing that made him proud, and was killed at the age of 48. In just 8 years, he has changed from an obscure little person to a man of the century selected by TIMES. But I also think that if MILK hadn't been killed, he might not have been that great, because in the second half of the film, you can clearly feel the changes after MILK has power in his hands. He learned to trade votes underground and learned to betray , also learned to play right. He has completely lost empathy for people. For example, he forced everyone to call family and friends to confess their sexuality. He saw everyone as a tool to vote for him. So his old lover SCOTT said: You used to call others a POLITICAL MACHINE, but now you have become a MACHINE yourself.
As for WHITE, what I want to know is his motive for killing. His own statement was because he was dissatisfied with the city government's CORRUPTION. People familiar with him said that he felt betrayed by MILK. In the film, it seemed that WHITE was gay, but he couldn't accept himself, so he couldn't stand MILK dangling in front of him all day long. WHITE finally committed suicide, why is this? In fact, WHITE is far more interesting and complicated than MILK to study.
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