HIV infection/AIDS”, posed a terrible threat to humankind. The panic

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misi frazebi ar yviris da kargad ewereba personaJebis
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movlenebis da jorj buSis administraciis mimarT).
waves is executed in strict adherence with the best
cinematographic traditions.
Milk is the third film Van Sant has shot with cinematographer
Harris Savides.
Music from Giacomo Puccini opera “Tosca” adds
additional force to the tragic nature of Penn’s Milk
character. It traces the loss of love, the finding of a
new one and, at the end – while watching a performance
of “Tosca” – rediscovering oneself and being
reborn while unconsciously anticipating death.
Gus Van Sant is well familiar with the history of European
cinema, but his references to film greats of
yesteryear are subtle and made to fit the reality in
which characters dwell. At times he uses the comedic
pie-throwing used since the early films of Mack Sennett
while elsewhere he follows Luchino Visconti’s
habit of having his characters live out an opera in
their own personal lives.
Van Sant takes a humorous approach, just like Harvey
Milk did in his political career. The director makes
an obvious reference to Tosca’s fall from the tower
and the appearance of soldiers onstage in setting the
stage for Milk’s murder.