费城故事英文影评Film Review on Philadelphia

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Film Review on Philadelphia

Philadelphia, directed by Jonathan Demme,featured Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington ,tells a story about a AIDS patients who was fired because suffering from AIDS fight for his rights with legal. The whole story is simple, it seems like a simple civil dispute, but it catch particular attention because of two sensitive topics: homosexuality and AIDS.

This film is mainly about AIDS, homosexuality and justice .

More than a decade after AIDS was first identified as a disease, "Philadelphia" marks the first time that Hollywood has risked a big-budget film on the subject.The film profoundly shows people’s fear and discrimination for AIDS.

At the moment,same-sex love is still considered abnormal and freaks. This kind of discrimination is normal and should be in most people's eyes. But virtually gave party injustice and shame. Homosexuality is equivalent to obscene.But in the film,we can see the true love between Andrew and his partner ,who loved him,support him and accompany him until the end of his life. How can we discriminate against a true love like this?

The justice is another theme of this film. In the firm, Andrew was fired because of discrimination. But he fight for his right, and finally win the lawsuit. Just as in the film judge said in the court: "In this court room, justice is blank to race, creed, color and sexual orientation."

The music

The music in this film is very impressive,especially Streets of Philadelphia,La Mamma Morta and Philadelphia.

The film is started in the sorrowful melody of Streets of Philadelphia, performed by Bruce Spingsteen .The lyric"the night has fallen, I'm lying awake ,I can feel myself fading away ,so receive me brother with your faithless kiss or will we leave each other alone like this on the streets of philadelphia"implied the unfortunate fate of the protagonist.

Another climax of this film appeared in Andrew Beckett’s apartment. Aware of the end of life, Andrew danced in the famous opera ,La Mamma Morta,peformed by the Maria Callas.On the surface,the protagonist is describing the content and the background knowledge of La Mamma Morta,actually,he is showing his eager to life's call. This dance scene,conbined with the elegant opera, is really moving and touching. It is so wonderful processing and perfect acting skills, it make the film beyond discussed AIDS and social prejudice's special proposition and enter human tragedy aesthetic realm.

In the end of the film,there is a video about Andrew’s childhood.Everything was so happy and fine,no AIDS ,no discrimination of gays. Just as the singing: I won’t be ashamed of love. The song Philadelphia reveales the fina pupose of this film.

In conclusion,I think the law revealed by Philadelphia are linked with free and human kindness. This is not the appurtenance under cold authority and meaningless provision, but so saturated with human nature glory and warmth verdicts. Because it shows not only human established rules, but also the order of the nature. People born to be free. We should respect life, respect human rights, protect every birthright and give each a nondiscriminatory eye.Those are exactly what we can learn from Philadelphia.