objective

Christian 2022-03-19 09:01:03

As the opening subtitles of the movie say: a person's life cannot be told with a single story, only the essence of which can be faithfully recorded to try to understand a person's spiritual world. And this film does retell Gandhi's life in the shortest possible time. From this point of view, the film was very successful.
From my point of view, this movie is not my type (I like "The Social Network"), but it gives me the shortest amount of time to understand what I should know.
So, even though it's not my genre, I still think it's a great film. It's the same attitude I have with "The King's Speech," and their scene compositions are both great.
PS: This is the second film I've seen with an intermission, the first being Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai".

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Extended Reading
  • Kacey 2022-04-24 07:01:03

    Live as if you were going to die tomorrow. Study as if you will live forever. Daniel Day-Lewis is stylish and fresh.

  • Garnet 2022-04-24 07:01:03

    A great biographical masterpiece. Although it is easier to analyze the spirit of the characters than to restore the facts, it is also more difficult

Gandhi quotes

  • Lord Irwin, Viceroy: Mr. Gandhi will find that it takes a great deal more than a pinch of salt to bring down the British Empire.

  • Edward R. Murrow: [at Gandhi's funeral] The object of this massive tribute died as he had always lived - a private man without wealth, without property, without official title or office. Mahatma Gandhi was not a commander of great armies nor ruler of vast lands. He could boast no scientific achievements or artistic gift. Yet men, governments and dignitaries from all over the world have joined hands today to pay homage to this little brown man in the loincloth who led his country to freedom. Pope Pius, the Archbishop of Canterbury, President Truman, Chiang Kai-shek, The Foreign Minister of Russia, the President of France... are among the millions here and abroad who have lamented his passing. In the words of General George C. Marshall, the American Secretary of State, "Mahatma Gandhi had become the spokesman for the conscience of mankind, a man who made humility and simple truth more powerful than empires." And Albert Einstein added, "Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth."