Extended Reading
  • Leta 2022-04-22 07:01:02

    I am going home.

    The opening film of the 2004 Venice Film Festival. The golden combination of Spielberg + Tom Hanks.
    Inspired by "the experience of Mehran, an Iranian refugee living at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport for nearly 18 years," the film portrays Viktor, a small man who is trapped in New York's JFK...

  • Else 2021-10-18 09:31:07

    Happiness terminal

    "Happiness Terminal" is Spielberg's use of such a theme to see through the social beings in the United States. In a sense, the waiting hall is a window to the United States. The main contradiction is that between Tom Hanks and the airport director. In a sense, this relationship and conflict is a...

  • Camylle 2022-03-23 09:01:12

    "You come this close to America, but you dont have the courage to go from here to here." I have the courage to go from here to here.

  • Ona 2022-04-24 07:01:02

    Watching this movie is like riding on a roller coaster, some scenes are brilliant, and sometimes they are really bad. Spielberg really isn't a matter of technology, it's a matter of taste. His American national identity broke through the sky, and it was full of overflowing...

The Terminal quotes

  • Frank Dixon: When was the last time you saw Chinese tourists on their way to Disney World without a single one without a cameras?

  • Frank Dixon: See. You don't qualify for asylum, refugee status, temporary protective status, humanitarian parole, or non-immigration work travel or diplomatic visas. You don't qualify for any of these things. You are at this time simply - unacceptable.

    Viktor Navorski: Unacceptable.

    Frank Dixon: Unacceptable.

    Viktor Navorski: Unacceptable.