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| Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto |
Los Angeles, CA—This screenplay languished in Movie Purgatory
for years before it broke out and was finally turned into a feature film. It’s the biographical story of rodeo cowboy,
electrician and small time hustler Ron Woodroof.
In the early 1980s Woodroof was a homophobic that practiced
unsafe heterosexual relations and abused drugs.
After getting diagnosed with HIV and soon AIDs, he began serious research into the
experimental drug therapies. They were all experimental then,
because drug protocols had not yet been developed to combat this deadly plague.
Because of the incredibly slow action and outright
obstruction of the FDA Woodroof began importing and distributing the
non-narcotic drugs himself. Rather than
sell the drugs he circumvented the law by forming The Dallas Buyers Club and
selling memberships.
Woodroof proved to be e hero to those suffering from HIV and
AIDS along with their loved ones. Of
course tens of thousands of hemophiliacs were infected by tainted blood despite
not engaging in risky behavior.
Matthew McConaughey gave a commanding performance as
Woodroof. He deliberately lost 30
pounds to fit the role of an emaciated AIDs victim. Actor Jared Leto was incredible as an
infected and drug-addicted transgender that won Woodroof’s respect as a fellow
soldier in the fight of the deadly disease. Actress Jennifer Garner shines in her role as a frustrated physician and fellow AIDs warrior.
Jean-Marc Vall’ee directed this cinematic masterpiece. Go see this film, it’s well worth the price
of admission.
How soon they forget.
ReplyDeleteNot all that long ago (as depicted in this movie) our homosexual community suffered horrifically under the yoke of government incompetence and yet today they are the biggest supporters of big government.
You would think the survivors would have learned something from that experience.
How profoundly sad.