The silence before the explosion?

Jess 2022-03-25 09:01:10

Amistad

Amistad

The most interesting thing about watching a Spielberg movie is seeing how he reveals his romantic feelings in the first few minutes. This movie is about the 80th minute, which is the latest in history, and from this point of view, the whole The movie is very unspielberg, you can't imagine he did "Jurassic Park 2" half a year ago and "Saving Private Ryan" half a year later. The biggest problem with the movie is that it is lengthy. Although the value of the play itself is good, the shooting method is too normal and lacking in bright spots. Even if the actors' performances are online, they still give people a strong sense of fatigue. Probably this is the silence of the master before the outbreak...

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  • Baldwin: [writing a letter to John Quincy Adams] To His Excellency John Quincy Adams, Massachusetts member, House of Representatives. I have understood from Mr. Joadson that you are acquainted with the plight of the Amistad Africans. If that is true, then you are aware that we have been at every step successful in our presentation of their case. Yet despite this and despite the unlikelihood of President Van Buren's re-election, he has appealed our most recent favorable decision to the highest court in the land. As I'm sure you are well aware, seven of nine of these Supreme Court justices are themselves Southern slave owners. Sir, we need you. If ever there was a time for a man to cast aside his daily trappings and array himself for battle, that time has come. Cicero once said, appealing to Claudius in defense of the Republic, that the whole result of this entire war depends on the life of one most brave and excellent man. In our time, in this instance, I believe it depends on two. A courageous man at present in irons in New Haven, named Cinque... and you sir. Sincerely Robert S. Baldwin, attorney-at-law.

  • John Quincy Adams: What is their story, by the way?

    Theodore Joadson: Sir?

    John Quincy Adams: What is their story?

    Theodore Joadson: Why, they're um... they're from west Africa.

    John Quincy Adams: No. What is their story?

    Theodore Joadson: [exhales and looks confused]

    John Quincy Adams: Mr. Joadson, you're from where originally?

    Theodore Joadson: Why, Georgia, sir.

    John Quincy Adams: Georgia.

    Theodore Joadson: Yes, sir.

    John Quincy Adams: Does that pretty much sum up what you are? A Georgian? Is that your story? No you're an ex-slave whose devoted his life to the abolition of slavery, and overcoming the obstacles and hardships along the way, I should imagine. That's your story, isn't it?

    Theodore Joadson: [smiles and nods]

    John Quincy Adams: [laughs] You and this young so-called lawyer have proven you know what they are. They're Africans. Congratulations. What you don't know, and as far as I can tell haven't bothered in the least to discover, is who they are. Right?

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