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Xpadder 5.3 advanced assignments5/10/2023 The film follows three outspoken citizens doing their part to usher in the blue wave. He is the face of change, but his team and his followers are the movement. Though O’Rourke is the main character in this narrative he is not the only one. He pulls back the curtain on the polished message and shows a man in full sprint to convince Texans he’s worth their vote. That’s the authentic tone that Modigliani captures in this film. The split second of how best to describe an idiom and who will take the responsibility of glossing it over is a scene reminiscent of a family sitcom.Ĭlips of the O’Rourke family such as this one effectively reign in the audience to recognize the human aspect of the congressman. It’s a moment that parents around the country know well. The exchange between O’Rourke and his wife Amy is brief but says so much. Beto’s son Henry O’Rourke asks, “What’s a sucker?” in response to hearing his dad use the term seconds before. Video shot from a phone shows the O’Rourke family load into the car. Yet the mood lightens up just as quickly with the first scene. Anyone who followed the midterms recognizes the mix of media playing out on the screen. Immediately apprehension and unease hushes the crowd. The film opens with a montage of sound bites and headlines that pick the scabs of slow-healing wounds for democratic Texans. There’s no fooling this crowd they know their hero and O’Rourke’s family is here to watch with them. The lights go dim and several figures rush to the middle rows, faintly illuminated by the glow of the screen. Discussions conclude with adjusted outlooks both for a brighter future and O’Rourke’s chances at attaining office. Sounds of hope and determination resurface. Their tones take woeful dips as they come to the part about the seat being announced for Cruz, except that’s not where their stories end. Audience members recount their memories at election parties, being gathered around the TV with high hopes. Small talk inevitably leads to reflections on the outcome of the 2018 election. When speaking with several audience members at the premiere, the descriptor I most commonly heard was “genuine.” Modigliani’s film iterates the positive message that the congressman spread throughout his campaign run, but rather than being an hour and half platform recap, it exposes the man behind the message.īefore the film, the audience chats. ![]() Modigliani continually asked himself “What is the story here?” all the while amassing over 700 hours of footage. He says it was the opportunity to witness a positive campaign in the current political climate that convinced him to capture it on film. Speaking to the audience at the SXSW 2019 premiere of his film, Modigliani shares with the crowd how he met now 2020 presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke while playing for the Texas Playboys baseball team. ![]() Running With Beto is a film that “started with baseball like so many other great things,” says director David Modigliani.
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