The movie Could I ever be Forgive, was not a movie I would watch on my own, however, it was an interesting one for sure. Based on actual events in the life of Lee Israel, the movie follows Ms. Lee Israel a struggling published writer, who is dealing with poverty, alcoholism, and a dying cat. Decided to forger literary letters by prosing as world-known famous writers selling them to letter collectors.
In class, a few of my classmates made interesting opinions on the movie about how retable Ms. Israel, those said something said Ms. Israel wasn’t a retable character to follow. Which make sense because it is easier to connect with fictional characters than character based on real-life people, the writing of fictional character main focus is to relate to their audience for people can sense some reality. While autobio characters are already real and lived their life as such. It can be overlooked and quick to judge auto biography cinema because it’s a harsh reality, that it could be you. I personally believe Ms. Lee Israel was a relatable character for the audience to connect with. The beginning of the movie is slow but once you see her personality and see her struggles to raise back to the top and prove her writing, she is relatable. The movie made Ms. Israel relatable and interesting to watch. Her desperation to escape an endless mental loop of setbacks and disappointment is something that I can connect with. Her struggle to fight, her depression taking over her house, her trust issue, and not being able manned her former relationship.
In this life we don’t always get always with things, we don’t always make sane choices, and we take that leap into the rabbit hole until we are lost in the wonderland of our pride until a harsh tug brings us back to reality. With fictional characters, we see hope, we get the answers always, the hero gets the girl, and the dead friend leaves the tressure map for others. We related to them because we know that 1% chance it could be us, while we see ordinary people like Ms. Israel fighting to make a name for themselves with scared limitations. I don’t think my classmate’s opinion was wrong but I like bringing this side up when discussing autobio cinema.
