电影费城故事的英文论文

请从此页开始答题： A great film Philadelphia This film was absolutely amazing .I have spent hours re-watching various scenes and noticing all the perfection with which they are acted and directed. For me of the film ,the question is not whether they sympathy with Tom Hank" AIDS-afflicted, gay character ,but whether that sympathy opens up a different perspective on the victims of the disease in the real word .I want to say that I really like this great film. The main idea of the film is as follows: Andrew Becket ,a hotshot law graduate ,has a promising career ahead of him when he discovers that he has AIDS .Choosing not to tell his boss at the firm, he goes on working on the firm .But the partners learn of his affliction ,and while their dismissal is courted. They fired him. And Andrew knows that his AIDS and homosexuality are the root cause. After he is finally fired without explanation , he attribute it to the AIDS, and decides to bring this to the court ,even when he is losing his other battle against the disease. Andrew hires attorney Joe Miller to defend him , but the lawyer must first overcome his own fear of the disease and homosexuality. In the end, Andrew expresses his acceptance of death even as he acknowledges his continuing passion for life, and Miller feels fear as he recognizes that his client no longer disgusts him. This scene is Philadelphia's watershed. We still remember the words that Joe selected to impress the jury. “ladies and gentlemen of the jury. Forget anything you have seen on television and in the movies. There is not going to be the last minute surprise and witness and nobody is going to break down on the stand with the tearful confession. You gotten be presented with a simple fact. Andrew Beckett was fired. You will two explanations for why he is fired .

Ours and theirs , it is up to you ,to sift though layer and layer of truth, until you

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determine for yourselves which version sounds the mostly true. There are certain points that I must prove to you…, point one he was a brilliant lawyer. A great lawyer. Point number two ,he wad afflicted with a debilitating disease, made the understandable, the number three ; his employers discovered his illness. And ladies and gentlemen, the illness I am referring to is AIDS . Point number four ,they panicked. And in their panic ,they did what most us would like to do with AIDS, which is …get it ,and everybody who has it, as far away from the rest of us as possible. Now the behavior of his employers may seem reasonable to you. It does to me. After all, it is a deadly ,incurable disease. But no matter how you come to judge it, the fact of the matter is when they fired Andrew because he had AIDS, they break the law.” This piece of opening address offered by the lawyer is well organized and presented. Andy insists on bring the company to the court because he is demanding justice. And discrimination does not always express itself in forms on rudeness or abrupt segregation. Sometimes can be very subtle. Nonetheless, the victim can feel hurt just the same. They are no different from other patients who carry a terrible disease and who are just fight for survival.

The sequences that work best are usually those that happen away from the court: Miller meeting a gay Penn student in a grocery store, Miller at a bar watching himself on TV, Beckett refusing an AZT treatment, and the aforementioned Maria Callas aria. Philadelphia doesn't work well as a courtroom drama -- some of the scenes are necessary to underline certain points

Though the film is about injustice and discrimination, love and support are running though the whole story. In the film, the family?s support for Andy is not only out of pure love for a son or a brother, but, more importantly, out of their tolerance and strong belief in equality and justice.

Symbolism is crucial to the story; the most obvious example is the role of physical space between Beckett and Miller. More character development, especially

involving the complex relationship between Beckett and Miller, would have elevated the picture's power. Before the AIDS revelation, they are shoulder-to-shoulder, two lawyers on opposite sides. Then Beckett drops his bombshell, and Miller moves to the other side of the room. As the film progresses, they grow gradually closer, sitting across a table at a library, then side-by-side in court. Finally, past the moment of Miller's crisis of conscience, he drops all barriers by lifting an oxygen mask to Andrew's face, momentarily touching flesh to flesh. Even as it stands, with its faults.

Philadelphia is still a remarkable expression of honesty and openness. Miller's court statements about this country's fear of homosexuals are frank and to-the-point, and there are other observations with equal merit. The story is timely and powerful, and the performances of Hanks and Washington assure that the characters will not immediately vanish into obscurity. Near the ending, after being served a summons demanding his appearance in court, his character rants that Beckett is the criminal, having "brought AIDS into our offices." The entire speech rings false, like something out of an anti-homosexual pamphlet. On the other hand, Roberts redeems himself later in the film when Beckett takes the witness stand -- he speaks no words, but his expression is descriptive enough. Suddenly, winning or losing doesn't seem as important. Andrew Beckett , a hotshot law graduate from Penn, has a promising career ahead of him when he discovers that he has AIDS. Choosing not to tell his mentor at the firm, Charles Wheeler of either his disease or his sexual orientation, Andrew moves forward with his caseload as a senior associate, intending to fulfill his duties for as long as his handicap permits. But the partners learn of his affliction, and while their dismissal is couched in terms of incompetence, Andrew knows that his AIDS and homosexuality are the root cause. He takes his case to a number of lawyers, including ambulance-chaser Joe Miller (Denzel Washington), none of whom is willing to represent him -- until Miller has a change of heart, recognizing a hint of familiar discrimination in the way Andrew is being treated. Tom Hanks gives what has rightly

been called "the performance of his career", lending humanity and vibrancy to the victim, and portraying him in a manner that eschews maudlin, obvious tactics to garner the audience's sympathy.

In the film, I can see the hope. Andy is serious ill but he never give up. ”where there is a will, there is a way.”We often hear people say, “Never give up.” These can be encouraging words and words of determination. A person who believes in them will keep trying to reach his goal no matter how many times he fails. In my opinion, the quality of determination to succeed is an important one to have. Therefore, I believe that we should never give up. One reason is that if we give up too easily, we will rarely achieve anything. It is not unusual for us to fail in our first attempt at something new, so we should not feel discouraged and should try again. Besides, if we always give up when we fail, we will not be able to develop new skills and grow as people. Another reason we should never give up is that we can learn from our mistakes only if we make a new effort. If we do not try again, the lesson we have learned is wasted. Finally, we should never give up because as we work to reach our goals, we develop confidence, and this confidence can help us succeed in other areas of our lives. If we never challenge ourselves, we will begin to doubt our abilities. In short, it is important that we do not give up when working for our goals. Whether we succeed in the end or not, we will learn something, and what we learn will help us to become better, more confident people.

In addition, I saw the indifference and isolation for the gay and AIDS in the society. When a person was told that he was infected by AIDS, that is to say, he would be isolated in this society. Firstly, it is the fear of AIDS from the society. No matter weather you infected it by yourself or for other reasons, people are afraid of it so much. People who got AIDS was not recognized by the society. They are like the mice on the street. when they are across the road, everyone hits and shout at them. They are wondering in the dark without hope. In fact, they expected to be redeemed, but they are

hopeless. They are also like the travelers who were abandoned in the desert just move along quietly for death to come. Even if people know that AIDS can not be infected by contacting with normal, such as talk. However ,when it comes to AIDS, most people may feel fear and move away as soon as they can. For example, in the film, the lawyer first met Andy and heard that he had AIDS, he is extremely surprised and followed by a deep fear. When Andy left ,the lawyer hired a doctor to ask something about AIDS. Because he was so worried then. At last, he took over the case, and he wanted to help Andy get the injustice.

This is what I learn from the website .A new study by the United Nations Children's Fund says discrimination and stigmatization limit women and children getting access to HIV prevention, treatment and social protection. UNICEF is calling on the international community to step up efforts to provide universal access to lifesaving programs. The report says substantial progress is being made in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The chief of UNICEF's HIV/AIDS Program Division, Jimmy Kolker, says mother-to-child transmission of the deadly disease could be virtually eliminated by 2015

Each people is born equal. Even if he has AIDS, he still has the right to protect his legitimate rights and interests. Anyone who is in the society, no matter how power he is, he still has no right to dismiss the one suffering from AIDS. That is the law.

There is also an another sensitive topic in the film. That is homosexuality. People can not forgive Andy not only because he is suffering from AIDS, but also he is a homosexuality. People can not accept the question that about sexual orientation. Although someone thinks that people have the right to choose their own partner. That is a private question. In fact, we are social beings and we are inevitably constrained by society and controlled by the society. That is the truth. It is a powerful social forces that are invisible. What is more, it is difficult to challenge the morality. It always accept people to accept the existing rules and accustomed to the behavior of ideology.

Anyone who wants to challenge it will pay the price. Maybe the open and civilized society is still not to ready to accept the issue. The gays and the AIDS are living in the dark. In addition, people watch them with colored glasses. The words that said to them are full of despised and hated. We can not put our will to the others, because anyone has the right to think free. After all, it is a sexual orientation challenges that has thousands of years. Even for today, this is a serious and complex issue. But if want to live harmonious, we must live in love.

Today in the United States, it is also black people who have been disproportionately affected by AIDS. Though Africa-Americans represent only an estimated 12 percent of the total us population, they make up almost 38 percent of all AIDS cases reported in this country. In 2000, the rate of the reported AIDS cases among Africa-Americans are more than twice the rate for Hispanics and eight times the rate for whites. A mere two decades , since its discovery, AIDS has become the most health crisis in the history of the world. We know that it can not be beaten without a strong global commitment and a massive infection of resource. And the most important of all, we should help people who has AIDS.

Life is very important for everyone. Caring for others? life means caring your own. As a member of society, we should take responsibility for not only ourselves but also others. We should not do harm to others whenever and wherever. If everyone care for others, our world will be full of love and become more beautiful. In our daily life, we have lots of chance to care for others, such as: help your classmates with their study, help the old people to cross the road, help you parents do some housework, donate money to the poor etc. You will feel happy if you try your best to care for others. And others will care you more instead.

Some will argue that a film, being essentially a means of entertainment, can do little to change a national consciousness. But now, I can say that Jonathan Demes …s Philadelphia can do it.

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