The Times of Harvey Milk has shown us the real world surrounding Harvey Milk. It was presented with factual documents and testimonies by people who were directly and personally involved in Harvey Milk’s life. Being an Oscar - winning documentary, The Times of Harvey Milk is better considered as an archive and also as a case study in the form of a film that is set in an urban geographical setting. This documentary has the classic characteristics of an expository documentary. It is a thoroughly researched film where the filmmaker uncovers Harvey Milk’s life and background from the day he was born till to the day he passed. There is a proper selection of eight interviewees that are both directly and indirectly involved in Harvey’s life. These
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It is also in a way structured for the society, especially the LGBT community from the 1980s, to think back upon an era that has caused a great trauma to the people. The expository mode is even more noticed through the narration of award-winning actor and voice actor Harvey Fierstein throughout the whole documentary, which somewhat brings out the whole melodrama mood to it. The Times of Harvey Milk is straight to the point. It tells us the harsh truth about the political condition during the era. Footages of police brutality, riots, and violence are outwardly shown in the film. Harvey Milk is shown as a hero who fought for the community’s rights. He is shown as a man who was favoured by many, had minimal flaws and someone who died as a hero. Little is touched about his personal life or even his romantic relationships. The Times of Harvey Milk has also greatly influenced the director of Milk in the making of the …show more content…
For example, the last parade where Harvey goes through after being elected as a supervisor is reenacted by Sean Penn as well.
The narrative film, Milk, has depicted Harvey Milk’s life in a more dramatised manner through the performance of professional actor, Sean Penn. Essentially, the film pushes a bit more than the documentary in relating back to the emotional complexity of Harvey’s character. The film is basically like any other narrative film that exaggerates a real life story about a liberal gay man and his struggle to secure a voice within the American politics in the 1970s. Just like The Times of Harvey Milk, this film is also an Oscar-winning
It is also in a way structured for the society, especially the LGBT community from the 1980s, to think back upon an era that has caused a great trauma to the people. The expository mode is even more noticed through the narration of award-winning actor and voice actor Harvey Fierstein throughout the whole documentary, which somewhat brings out the whole melodrama mood to it. The Times of Harvey Milk is straight to the point. It tells us the harsh truth about the political condition during the era. Footages of police brutality, riots, and violence are outwardly shown in the film. Harvey Milk is shown as a hero who fought for the community’s rights. He is shown as a man who was favoured by many, had minimal flaws and someone who died as a hero. Little is touched about his personal life or even his romantic relationships. The Times of Harvey Milk has also greatly influenced the director of Milk in the making of the …show more content…
For example, the last parade where Harvey goes through after being elected as a supervisor is reenacted by Sean Penn as well.
The narrative film, Milk, has depicted Harvey Milk’s life in a more dramatised manner through the performance of professional actor, Sean Penn. Essentially, the film pushes a bit more than the documentary in relating back to the emotional complexity of Harvey’s character. The film is basically like any other narrative film that exaggerates a real life story about a liberal gay man and his struggle to secure a voice within the American politics in the 1970s. Just like The Times of Harvey Milk, this film is also an Oscar-winning