GREEN BOOK REVIEW

Una recensione in inglese del film GREEN BOOK

GREEN BOOK REVIEW

THE FILM'S TITLE IS : GREEN BOOK

THE GENRE IS: DRAMA/COMEDY

WHERE AND WHEN THE STORY IS SET: THE STORY BEGINS IN NEW YORK IN 1962. IT IS A ROAD MOVIE WHERE THE TWO PROTAGONISTS, FOR TWO MONTHS GO ACROSS THE REGIONS OF THE DEEP SOUTH OF THE USA.

TONY VALLELONGA (SCREENWRITER'S FATHER NICK VALLELONGA) ALSO CALLED LIP, IS AN ITALIAN AMERICAN MAN, ONCE A THREATENING BOUNCER OF A NIGHTCLUB. WHEN THIS NIGHTCLUB MUST CLOSE, LIP IS FORCED TO FIND A NEW JOB. SO HE ACCEPTS TO BECOME THE WELL PAID DRIVER OF DON SHIRLEY, A YOUNG AFROAMERICAN PIANIST.LIP HAS TO ACCOMPANY THE JAZZ PIANIST PRODIGY IN A LONG TOUR OF CONCERTS IN THE RACISTS REGIONS OF THE SOUTH OF USA(FROM ARKANSAS TO ALABAMA) DURING THE TRIP SHIRLEY USES THE BOOK "NEGRO MOTORIST GREEN BOOK ": A MAP OF HOTELS RESTAURANTS, ETC.WHERE AFROAMERICANS ARE WELL ACCEPTED. DON AND TONY HAVE OPPOSED PERSONALITIES: DON IS CULTURED, RICH,SILENT SPEAKS MANY LANGUAGES ALL THINGS THAT PREVENT HIS INTEGRATION IN THE COMMUNITY BOTH OF THE BLACKS AND WHITES. TONY IS AN INTEGRATED WHITE MAN, HE COMES FROM THE BRONX AND USES HARD WAYS. DURING THE JOURNEY THEY MUST CLASH WITH PEOPLE THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND THEIR WORKING RELATIONSHIP BUT AT THE SOME TIME THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW EACH OTHER DEEPLY.

THE DIRECTOR IS: PETER FARRELY

MAIN ACTORS ARE: VIGGO MORTENSEN (TONY VALLELONGA),MAHERSHALA ALI (DON SHIRLEY )

MADE IN USA IN 2018

AWARDS WON ARE:

1) 2019 OSCAR FOR THE BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR MAHERSHALA ALI)

2) 2019 OSCAR FOR THE BEST ORIGINAL FILM SCRIPT (NICK VALLELONGA)

3) 2019 GOLDEN GLOBE FOR THE BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MAHERSHALA ALI )

4) 2019 GOLDEN GLOBE FOR THE BEST SCREENWRITER (NICK VALLELONGA )

5) 2019 THE BEST COMEDY

6) BAFTA (BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM AND TELEVISION ART 2019) THE BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MAHERSHALA ALI )

7) CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS 2019 AND THE BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MAHERSHALA ALI )

8) SAG (SCREEN ACTOR GUILD AWARD 2019) THE BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MAHERSHALA ALI)

9) PGA (PRODUCERS GUILD AWARDS 2019 ) THE BEST PRODUCER (JIM BURKE)

THE THING I LIKED MOST OF THIS FILM IS THE ALTERNATION BETWEEN THE COMEDY AND THE DRAMA: VERY FUNNY ARE THE QUARRELS AND THE RECONCILIATIONS OF THE TWO PROTAGONISTS, BUT WE CAN'T FORGET THE DRAMATIC SUBJECT OF THE FILM, THAT IS RACISM, A PROBLEM THAT IS STILL RELEVANT IN OUR PRESENT TIME. IT IS A FILM FOR ALL PEOPLE, BUT ABOVE ALL FOR NEW GENERATIONS, THAT MUST LEARN THE RESPECT FOR THE DIFFERENCES OF ANY TYPE, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS, ETC, TO LIVE BETTER IN OUR SOCIETY.

MY EVALUATION IS ***** 

 Denise Mauro, II A LES