MESSAGE OF THIS FILM IS NOT CLEAR
Is it a commentary of American Times, Struggle of American Society, powerless innocent people are toys in the hands of order givers, the crippling conditions of common man, what exactly is the allegory of the Writer, Producer, Director of this film tried to tell is not clear.
But the art in this film is to take a physically and mentally challenged person Forrest Gump as the main character (GO FORREST GO) and make his life connected to all the main events of American Times is a ingenious way of gaining the sympathy of us viewers, flavor it with very funny dialogues and you have a very enjoyable film. Even though story is obscure.
In the beginning it is a few laughs at the expense of the hick and idiot, then this simple and innocent character start knocking on our brains by his sayings and the truth in the sayings suddenly beings to take shape and on parallel all wise people suffer in this film and the triumph of the innocent is very evident.
Gaining sympathy for the lead character TOM HANKS (Forrest Gump) the writer of the film made him a cripple and a underdog, this story gained our sympathy and full attention what more a master film maker want from his audience, we became a Doughnut in his hands, now they are molding us thru their characters as they wish and lace it all with some laughs. Our opinions and perceptions and our supply line becomes the film makers domain and they are molding it like dough in the hands of a baker.
Won 6 Oscars
Director : Robert Zemeckis
Writer : Winston Groom
This must be a new theory discovered recently in the science of mass communication which was exploited and experimented with to full force in this movie. Sympathy and subdued messages to the audience. Some of my friends felt disgusted and angry at the image of smart people failing and Forrest Gump all around them succeeding with 1001 disabilities, but we all enjoyed this film for its messages for its humor, for its superb acting by TOM HANKS, SALLY FIELDS and all the cast, they were superb, even Lt. Dan Taylor (Gary Sinise) was good along with Robin Wright Penn(Jenny Curren) the film was delivering one after another rabbit punches to our thoughts and mind.
President Kennedy asks him how do you feel? he says I gotta pee, maybe a reflection on the times of that time, another president says where were you hit, he says in the buttocks and goes on to show the wound to him, maybe it is a reflection on those times, the war made Americans so restless they could not sit !!!! Lieutenant Daniel Taylor asks Forrest Gump did you find Jesus ? He says Am I supposed to be looking for him ?
Man what wisdom this answer contains for a Christian, a person calling himself CHRISTIAN and says I am in search of JESUS or I am looking for historical proof or physical proof of JESUS, I mean Forrest Gump reply is the dumbest a person can give , but it has very wise connotations !!! be it going back to save BUBBA, giving money to his family, you are my girl JENNY or when Lieutenant asking them where are you from BUBBA and FORREST say ALABAMA, ARE YOU TWINS ? Forrest says we are not relatives, I mean we live together, we reply together, we like each other so we are the twins of this nation, what a noble message this film gives in a very silly manner, if only the order giving Lieutenant and their politics can be ignored. This is a film full of messages.
OKAY please let me explain, FORREST GUMP is a idiot but such wise replies are put into his mouth by makers of this film who are very wise and very arty and very talented to think of such a ingenious way of giving moral lessons without even giving a squeaky hint about it to anyone, they did not use it in their promotion or anywhere in their advertisement. They left it all for the discretion of the audience.
If you listen to me, this film is made by a American patriot, we outside America do not need this message, this film is for Americans, it was made by a expert in mass communications, a true sociologist, this film was made by a health instructor, this film was made by a moral science professor, this film was made by a master psychologist, this film was made by a VOCATION COUNSELLOR, this film was made by a DEA department, this film was made by a American historian, this film was made by a person who loves America and who loves the welfare of America, he diluted his message for easy intake.
YO GOOD INTAKE MAKES A BODY GOOD AND BAD INTAKE MAKES IT WORSE.!!!