Steven Spielberg
brings to the big screen Lincoln –
essentially a single month of the 16th President’s life, in which we get a full
and rich portrait of how he lived in his time.
The goal of the entire
movie is the passage of the 13th Amendment which would abolish slavery –
enabling human rights to an overlooked and abused minority. Tony Kushner (Angels in America), in part from Doris Kearns Goodwin's
book "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius
of Abraham Lincoln,” penned
a screenplay said to be with much of the same flavor as one from Aaron
Sorkin.
Cinematographer Janusz
Kamiński projects greyish hues and nearly blinding blasts of white
light to the film. In 1993, Kamiński won the Academy Award for his
eloquent black-and-white photography in Schindler's List (1993), and has since been a collaborator with the
Spielberg on all his films.
The supporting
cast includes Tommy Lee Jones, Sally Field, David Strathairn, and Hal Holbrook,
and at the center of it all, there is Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln.
Lincoln recently opened in NY and LA, prior
to release nationwide.
