Simon Dillon
Oct 19, 2021

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I saw my father cry at three films (though he also says he cried the first time he saw Shane). This was one of them, and for immensely personal reasons. It's a superb, powerful, inspiring film, and I love the scenes you've chosen. I love the way Keating brings Todd out of his shell in the barbaric yawp scene, and I love the way the normally shy Todd is the one leading the "Oh Captain, my Captain" moment in the finale. So moving.

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Simon Dillon
Simon Dillon

Written by Simon Dillon

Novelist and Short Story-ist. Film and Book Lover. If you cut me, I bleed celluloid and paper pulp. Blog: www.simondillonbooks.wordpress.com

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