Blog 4: Favorite Movie

One of my favorites movies is Green Book. A drama-comedy film of 2018 directed by Peter Farrelly that won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor. 

The movie is inspired by the 1962 true story of the relationship between African American classical and jazz pianist Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali) and Italian American Frank "Tony Lip" Vallelonga (Viggo Mortensen) during Shirley's musical tour to the Deep South when Vallelonga worked as his driver and bodyguard. The name of the movie is a reference to "The Negro Motorist Green Book", a guidebook for African-American travelers in the US. In the movie, Tony and Shirley use this guide to travel safe in the racist South.

I like this movie because of its cinematic discourse about race, social status and homophobia. It's interesting the development of the inicial gap between the two characters, Shirley being a recognized musician of high status, and Vallelonga an unemployed immigrant. I like how this two characters grew at the end of the movie.

The running time of the movie is about 130 minutes. I only watched this movie once, with my sister and my best friend, but I would like to watch it again. The discussion presented in the movie is really necessary in the present day.

Comentarios

  1. Panchi Álvarez22 de junio de 2020 a las 3:25 p.m.

    I didn't know this movie. Sounds deep and complex but super interesting.

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  2. catalinalemusg22 de junio de 2020 a las 3:29 p.m.

    Sounds interesting. I agree with you, that discussion is necessary and very important today

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  3. bastian tg.22 de junio de 2020 a las 4:45 p.m.

    with a friend always want to see this movie, is in my setlist

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  4. Americous big22 de junio de 2020 a las 5:33 p.m.

    seems great, might see later

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  5. Eduardo Cordero23 de junio de 2020 a las 3:35 a.m.

    I really have to put this movie on my movies' list!

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  6. Benjy23 de junio de 2020 a las 8:34 a.m.

    I immediately recognized the film just by looking at the pic hahahaha. I saw this movie in the cinema with my mom to celebrate her birthday :)

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