WEIRDLAND: Harvey Milk's words

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Harvey Milk's words

In this scene inside the City Hall, Cleve Jones (Emile Hirsch) appears wearing an elegant suit, but Harvey Milk (Sean Penn) says to him:
"When you come here, I want you to wear the tightest jeans possible. Never blend in. And no elevators. Ever. Always take the stairs, you can make such a grand entrance going up the stairs".
"In the Declaration of Independence it is written: "All men are created equal and are endowed with certain inalienable rights". For Mr. Briggs and Mrs. Bryant and all the bigots out there, no matter how hard you try, you cannot erase those words from the Declaration of Independence. No matter how hard you try, you cannot chip those words from off the base of the Statue of
Liberty. That is what America is. Love it or leave it". -HARVEY MILK's SPEECH. "If a bullet should enter my brain, let that bullet destroy every closet door... And that's all. I ask for the movement to continue. Because it's not about personal gain, not about ego, not about power... it's about the "us's" out there. Not only gays, but the Blacks, the Asians, the disabled, the seniors, the us’s. Without hope, the us's give up. I know you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living."

2 comments :

BirdGirl said...

I am glad that you finally got to see it. Now if we could just get more people interested.

Elena said...

Don't worry, Katie, at least here in Spain I'm spreading the word of "Milk", and through this blogsite, too!

All of you -if you find the chance, I was lucky 'cause the release date in my theatre has been forwarded and I could watch it yesterday night!- will enjoy this superior and reconciliatory film "Milk", by Gus Van Sant, and please leave your opinions when you watch it.