Half Nelson 20th anniversary

    by Francesco Eunchae: Ryan Gosling

    Two decades since HALF NELSON and Ryan Gosling bet on a script so hard he took a pay cut lmao, that move landed him his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor and put him on the map as a serious dramatic actor

    Transcript (en)

    I'm so happy to hear that. No, what is it? What does it mean? Stace? Change. Thank you, Stacey. I'm glad to hear someone's paying attention. History is the study of change over time. And what's change? It's this. It's opposites. It's two things that push against each other in opposite directions. So the civil rights movement, okay? It's essentially, it's two opposing mentalities. In the South, the majority believes all men are not created equal. And there's a minority who believes that they are. So that minority struggles and it fights and it pushes till eventually it becomes the majority. Am I boring you? Huh? Let's give you some examples, okay? Of opposing forces, like, um... I'm gonna go night and day. What else? Big and little. Good. Anything else? Left and right. You good? Stace? Me and you? You and I. You and I. Teacher, student, anything else? Mr. Dunst? Yeah? Just wondering if you could count me and Gina bald sister as opposites Oh insult It an insult Gina come on Tell me you not going to take that You got a bald sister Is your sister bald? Give me something. May 17th, 1954. Oh. Mm. Can you handle that? He needs cranes. Let's go on down and find out. I'm going to expect some thought from you. I don't want just dates and facts. I want to know why. I want to know consequences. I want to know what it means. All right, now back to the bald sister. What's going on with that? 17th, 1954, the Supreme Court ruled on the case of Brown versus Board of Education, making it illegal for states to segregate public schools. This was a major step forward in the struggle for racial justice and helped begin a ferry of bald and heroic actions known as the Civil Rights Movement. Well, I feel good today. Anyone else feel good? Hmm? I need a volunteer, and I need somebody who feels strong. So what we got here is two opposing forces, Terrence and myself, and we're pushing against