War does not determine
who is right–
only who is left.
Bertrand Russell
I don’t like war movies, yet with Angelina Jolie blazing a brave new trail behind the camera as producer and director of Unbroken, how can I resist? The story revolves around the life of Olympic athlete Louis “Louie” Zamperini and is based on the nonfiction book by Laura Hillenbrand, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. From this first venture in film making, Angelina is already poised to win Best Director by the Critics’ Choice Movie Award tomorrow.
Maybe I’m not going to see the film for the sake of story. While my daughter loves her movies for her good looks and heroic roles, I suspect I go as a fan of a woman who forges her own path doing what she loves and growing in whatever direction her soul beckons, personal demons be damned! I’ll likely be imagining what went through her head behind each scene more than paying attention to what’s in it. From bad ass teen to awe inspiring woman and mother, Angelina embodies survival, resilience and redemption herself.
On this page is Angelina as photographed by one of my favorite photographers, Annie Leibowitz, another woman of quiet strength–but that’s another blog post.
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xoxox
Sharon Birke
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