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A Mighty Heart

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Jul 04, 2007
12:28 AM

This is not a great or deeply provocative movie, but it has a lot of integrity. Recently, I saw a documentary on Danny and Marianne Pearl(e?), which was more inspiring and dug deeper, and showed two people in real footage that I admire and whose values I aspire towards.

Yes, Danny Pearl made a tragic naive mistake. But he was a brave journalist. Many of my students at the time watched the beheading, and I, like Marianne, would never want to watch the unspeakable horror, and its poison meant to terrorize us.

Instead of being bitter and fanatical about her husband's brutal end, she has become more committed to the peace movement, which is are only hope. I doubt I could be as strong as her.

As for A Mighty Heart, it was not at all exploitive. I read reviews that said Angelina Jolie was distracting, because, well, she is Angelina Jolie. But I must say, she did as strong a job of capturing Marianne, as effectively as one could to capture a unique brave and global woman who has faced such horror. Jolie got Marriane’s complex hybrid accent down too. Surprisingly, I was not at all distracted by her Angelina Jolieness. Her performance was one of immersion, intimate and solid. While I still prefer the HBO documentary, I urge you to see A Mighty Heart.

Its ultimate lesson, as conveyed in Marianne's book, is that hate can not be countered by hate, because then we are dehumanized.

Marriane Pearl, a true internationalist, gives me hope. If she can be this compassionate and strong, I can be a little stronger.

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I hear the film is not doing well at the box office. Don't pay attention to that. This movie is definately worth your time and money. And it encourages the film industry to take on more risky and substantive projects.

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