A Long, Long Road

Posted on 11/05/2008 at 2:20 pm by Bob Cesca

One of my favorite scenes from the brilliant HBO mini-series John Adams. And in 76 days, President-elect and Mrs. Obama will, as President Bush said today, “step through the doors of the White House.”

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  • dontpanic23

    Wow. I’ve never seen that mini-series–no HBO. Just wow.

  • Poleezz

    It’s fab DP. This was an amazing scene in the series.

  • Groobiecat
  • yelorose

    Ruh Roh, the video is no longer available.

  • Bob_Cesca

    Sorry! That was me. I deleted the old video because YouTube wasn’t giving me a thumbnail for it. I kept getting the stupid gray camera graphic.

  • Poleezz

    Groobie GREAT CARTOON! Loved it!!

  • CycloCynic

    Bob, you have a fantastic eye for cinema.The first half of this clip is a breath-taking myriad of geometric shapes that eerily echo the White House architecture– wagon wheels, half-round wagon windows, and hats. (There’s even a noose-like loop hanging off of the carriage).My heart broke when the slave women turned and I saw these weighty images ON THEIR HEADS. Yes, I’m a bit of a cinema geek, but I don’t think the symbolism of that scene escapes anyone, whether it registers in our conscious or subconscious minds.This is one of the reasons I love this site. You get your message across by doing more than simply screaming it.