{"id":6979,"date":"2009-05-20T12:32:10","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T19:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6979"},"modified":"2020-12-30T16:56:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T23:56:00","slug":"times-of-harvey-milk-the-1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6979","title":{"rendered":"Times of Harvey Milk, The (1984)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I know that you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Times-of-Harvey-Milk-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Times-of-Harvey-Milk-Poster-202x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-60588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Times-of-Harvey-Milk-Poster-202x300.png 202w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Times-of-Harvey-Milk-Poster-689x1024.png 689w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Times-of-Harvey-Milk-Poster-86x128.png 86w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Times-of-Harvey-Milk-Poster-182x270.png 182w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Times-of-Harvey-Milk-Poster.png 739w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nOpenly-gay politician Harvey Milk finally achieves a seat on San Francisco&#8217;s city council, only to be assassinated shortly thereafter by his bitter colleague, Dan White.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biopics<\/li>\n<li>Documentary<\/li>\n<li>Homosexuality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nRob Epstein&#8217;s Oscar-winning documentary about the tragic assassination of California&#8217;s first openly-gay politician has generated renewed interest given the 2008 release of Gus Van Sant&#8217;s <em>Milk<\/em> (starring Sean Penn in an Oscar-winning performance as Harvey Milk). Those who&#8217;ve seen <em>Milk<\/em> and would like to learn more about Milk&#8217;s rise to political prominence would do well to check out this conventionally crafted but provocative film; together, the two movies provide a rich portrait of a man who dared to live his life honestly and openly, despite the risks he inevitably faced. And Penn&#8217;s performance is simply that much more impressive after seeing the real Milk in action.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An engaging portrait of Milk&#8217;s charismatic rise to power<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/times-milk-milk.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/times-milk-milk.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6981\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Touching testimonials by friends and colleagues of Milk<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/times-milk-testimonial.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/times-milk-testimonial.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6982\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Effective incorporation of archival footage<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/times-milk-archival.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/times-milk-archival.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6983\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as an Oscar-winning documentary. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oscar Winner or Nominee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0088275\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?_r=1&#038;res=9F01E2DE133BF934A35753C1A962948260\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?file=\/c\/a\/2008\/12\/12\/PKQA14B5UE.DTL\">SF Gate Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rogerebert.com\/reviews\/the-times-of-harvey-milk-1985\">Roger Ebert&#8217;s Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/the-times-of-harvey-milk\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I know that you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth living.&#8221; Synopsis: Openly-gay politician Harvey Milk finally achieves a seat on San Francisco&#8217;s city council, only to be assassinated shortly thereafter by his bitter colleague, Dan White. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Biopics Documentary Homosexuality Review: Rob Epstein&#8217;s Oscar-winning documentary about the tragic assassination of California&#8217;s first openly-gay politician has generated renewed interest given the 2008 release of Gus Van Sant&#8217;s Milk (starring Sean&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6979\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6979"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60589,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6979\/revisions\/60589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}