I did not know who Harvey Milk was until I saw the trailer for Milk and my curiosity brought me to find out that he is very important to American History. So who is Harvey Milk? Harvey Milk was the first openly gay man to be voted into office: the City Supervisor for San Francisco, who was shot dead at city hall in 1978 by a troubled politician, who served with Milk on the city’s board of supervisors, Dan White. This year I have not seen a movie with a bristling purpose and I think this is it. With the ban on gay marriage and the sudden hate crimes that I can’t believe this country is still experiencing, Milk is sure the right media to stir those who voted Yes on Prop8 and hopefully realize that Gays can make a difference in this world.
Dustin Lance Black created this film because as a Gay man he wanted to project the greats that have come before our time so people can understand. This film attracted my attention because who would ever picture the son of the Green Goblin (James Franco) make out with Sean Penn. Also one of my favorite actors,Diego Luna, not only plays a Gay man he plays a Gay Mexican man, so you can say that sex and the choice of characters was the technique that attracted my attention and probably others. I honestly am curious to find out who Milk was but other people, especially very conservative people, might not want to open their mind just yet. This film is obviously the point of view of Black’s knowledge of Harvey Milk and what history says about him. Just looking at the trailer one can conclude that Harvey Milk lived a very crucial time because he was Gay and probably worse than now because twenty years ago people still saw Gay people the same way we might judge a prostitute. I’m glad this movie was made now so maybe people might change their minds and maybe in a couple of years Gay people might be treated like everyone else. =]
