{"id":1003,"date":"2016-08-29T10:21:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T10:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/?p=1003"},"modified":"2017-01-23T07:40:54","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T07:40:54","slug":"steven-spielberg-s-lincoln","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lifeatthemovies\/2016\/08\/steven-spielberg-s-lincoln.html","title":{"rendered":"Steven Spielberg ‘s Lincoln"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why is Lincoln<\/em> important? It\u2019s obvious. Abraham Lincoln has got to be, as he puts a stop to slavery, at the end of the Civil War, 1865.<\/p>\n

Daniel Day-Lewis<\/h4>\n

Daniel Day-Lewis plays Abraham Lincoln.<\/p>\n

Day-Lewis first appeared in feature films in Gandhi (1982, Britain) as the guy on the street who stops Gandhi in his steps, in South Africa. It wasn’t a sympathetic bit-part.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Day-Lewis (pictured). (Image sourced via google images).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Day-Lewis made headlines in independent movies with My Beautiful Launderette, in 1985.<\/p>\n

Then as Oscar winner for My Left Foot (1989, Britain), There Will Be Blood (2007, USA) and Lincoln<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The occasional feature film actor, who takes time off the screen to apparently do his other job, plays different characters. With Abraham Lincoln, he is utterly convincing, in the shirt, shoes and soul of the former President.<\/p>\n

The meaning of abolition<\/h4>\n

Like the other anti-slavery film of the time, 12 Years a Slave (2013, USA), the anti-slavery theme is a perennial.<\/p>\n

The anti-slavery soul of Lincoln<\/em> is great–abolition. Abolish, do away with, be done with, end, and end slavery for good.<\/p>\n

The theme of abolition or abolishing–doing away with or be gone with–has connotations in almost everything that enslaves and oppresses.<\/p>\n

Lincoln<\/em> shows that with sheer, dogged determination, abolishing slavery was within reach.<\/p>\n

The determination of the key character makes justice obtainable in difficult circumstances, if keeping on, keeping on.<\/p>\n

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Warnings–contains violence and profanity<\/p>\n

Daniel Day-Lewis (Abraham Lincoln), Sally Field (Mary Todd Lincoln),\u00a0David Strathairn (William Seward),\u00a0Joseph-Gordon Levitt (Robert Lincoln),\u00a0Hal Holbrook (Preston Blair),\u00a0Tommy Lee Jones (Thaddeus Stevens)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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