Post by vegalyra on Jun 13, 2017 13:48:42 GMT
London:
It's a great film, it really gives you a great feel of the hardships the miners and the company towns went through during the era (although the events in this film pre-dates the actual Depression, the conditions were Depression like as there was a recession going on right after WW1). It also gives you an idea about the mortal peril the unionizers dealt with and the threat of the Pinkertons that were willing to kill anyone that stood up to them. Chris Cooper gives an Oscar worthy performance as well as David Strathairn as the town law. James Earl Jones is part of the "scabs" that decide to band with the miners and the other scabs (the Italians) to stand up to the mining company. It's a small part of what actually went down during the coal mining strike in the region but a very important one. When Danny, the narrator of the film, and the local minister of the community, gives a sermon about the Biblical Joseph from Genesis that ended up being Pharaoh's right hand man, it sends chills up my spine everytime I watch the film. He purposely distorts the actual Biblical text to send a message to the community as the Pinkerton's are in attendance and don't know the Bible at all.
It's a great film, it really gives you a great feel of the hardships the miners and the company towns went through during the era (although the events in this film pre-dates the actual Depression, the conditions were Depression like as there was a recession going on right after WW1). It also gives you an idea about the mortal peril the unionizers dealt with and the threat of the Pinkertons that were willing to kill anyone that stood up to them. Chris Cooper gives an Oscar worthy performance as well as David Strathairn as the town law. James Earl Jones is part of the "scabs" that decide to band with the miners and the other scabs (the Italians) to stand up to the mining company. It's a small part of what actually went down during the coal mining strike in the region but a very important one. When Danny, the narrator of the film, and the local minister of the community, gives a sermon about the Biblical Joseph from Genesis that ended up being Pharaoh's right hand man, it sends chills up my spine everytime I watch the film. He purposely distorts the actual Biblical text to send a message to the community as the Pinkerton's are in attendance and don't know the Bible at all.