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Marian 2022-03-24 09:01:57

The gunshots around you...deafening, but the human voice is different from the others...
it's still distinct, although the noise drowns out the other sounds...
even if it's not a shout, even if it's just a whisper. ..whisper...
even the lightest murmur can ring a thousand horses
as long as...
as long as the truth is

spoken The gunfire around us makes it hard to hear...
but the human voice is different from other
sounds.
it can be heard over noises that bury
everything else. even when it's not
shouting. yeah, when it
even if it's just a whisper
even the lowest whisper
can be heard over armies...
when...when...
when it's telling the truth.

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  • Hoyt 2022-03-27 09:01:08

    I just thought it was awesome, and it changed my mind about Sean Penn. No five stars because it would be nice if the heroine was black and looked like someone who suffered from Matobo. The first film review of the brain-dead, repaying grievance with virtue? what logic?

  • Destinee 2021-12-14 08:01:02

    2009.2.28.20:37...Sydney Pollack work. Nicole Kidman. Sean Penn. Not as good as I imagined. But every shot of Nicole makes me drunk... It was taken in New York. With Bonus Features, the entire UN promotional film. ..

The Interpreter quotes

  • Silvia Broome: Listen, I'm scared, and my protector is some one who doesn't believe me.

    Tobin Keller: You don't look scared...

    Silvia Broome: People handle fear in different ways, Mr. Keller. It turns some people into stand up comedians. You don't know me at all. Maybe I should talk to someone else about assigning someone to look after me who's better suited to the job.

    Tobin Keller: My job is not to look after you, it's to look after the man who's been threatened, if there was a threat. My job, as it concerns you, is to investigate you.

    Silvia Broome: So you're not here to offer me any protection whatsoever?

    Tobin Keller: No, Ma'am.

    Silvia Broome: [handing him back his card] And we were getting along so well.

  • Silvia Broome: Do you think I'm making it up? Why would I report a threat I didn't hear?

    Tobin Keller: People do.

    Silvia Broome: I don't.

    Tobin Keller: Some people like attention.

    Silvia Broome: I don't!

    Tobin Keller: Maybe you don't want Zuwanie at the U.N.

    Silvia Broome: I didn't make it up.

    Tobin Keller: How do you feel about him?

    Silvia Broome: I don't care for him.

    Tobin Keller: Wouldn't mind if he were dead?

    Silvia Broome: I wouldn't mind if he were gone.

    Tobin Keller: Same thing.

    Silvia Broome: No, it isn't. If I interpreted gone as dead I'd be out of a job, if dead and gone were the same thing there'd be no UN.

    Tobin Keller: Your profession is playing with words Ms. Broome.

    Silvia Broome: I don't play with words.

    Tobin Keller: You're doing it right now.

    Silvia Broome: No, you are. If I wanted him dead, I wouldn't have reported it. I would sit back and let it happen. That's not what I want, that's not why I'm here.