![]() Throughout this we hear the strong breathing of the actor in character playing Christy Brown who had cerebral palsy since childhood. We continue observing as the foot turns on the phonograph and then moves to grab the needle and gently places it on a particular groove on the record. We watch as the toes take the record out of its sleeve and carefully place it on a player. “My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown” (1989) – an unaffected and revitalizing film about embracing life’s challenges and rewards – opens with a close up of Daniel Day Lewis’ foot grabbing a vinyl of Mozart’s Don Giovanni. ![]() ![]() How those words ring true – and when spoken in the film – it’s equal parts heartbreaking and triumphant. Yet like everyone else, I am acutely conscious sometimes of my own isolation, even in the midst of people.” I have made myself articulate and understood to people in many parts of the world, and this is something we all wish to do whether we’re crippled or not. “It would not be true to say that I am no longer lonely. ![]()
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