Supreme dreams

• Author: Edward L. Koven
• Pages: 6-6

SUPREME DREAMS

The article

“Justice, Mercy

& Redemption,”

August, page

48, about Bryan

Stevenson, founder

of the Equal Justice

Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama ,

was quite insightf ul. Stevenson,

throughout hi s best-selling book ,

Just Mer cy, reminds me of former

Supreme Court Justice Thurgood

Marshall. Ste venson should be con-

sidered for the next Supreme Court

vacancy. He has the potential of

being one of the most outstanding

jurists in the hi story of the court.

Edward L. Koven

Highland Park, Illinois

MOVIE APPRECIATION

I’m surprised that in “ The 25

Greatest Lega l Movies,” August, page

36, that Thane Rosenbaum did not

include The Young Philadelphians

(1969) on his list. The scene in which

ambitious associate Paul New man

woos the pet Chihuahua

of elderly oil heiress is

classic.

Nicholas H. Cobbs

Washington, D.C.

I would add Woman in

Gold (2015) to the hon-

orable mention list. Ryan Reynolds

presented a very positive por trayal

of a lawyer fi ghting for justice for his

client. Hands down this t rumps Jim

Carrey’s negative por trayal of a law-

yer in Liar, Liar.

Daniel Jurkowitz

Tucson, Arizona

Kudos for this feature. The pieces

are both sharp a nd comprehensive.

But there are fi ve superbly done fi lms

that belong on any such lists—over-

looked likely because of their rela-

tive age. The fi rst movie is The Talk

of the Town (1942), a bril-

liant dramedy, unique in

fi lm because it w ittily con-

trasts “the law ” vs. jus-

tice. The Life of Emile

Zola, the Oscar -winning

best picture for 1937, tells

the story of the notori-

ous Dreyfus a  air mi litary tribunal

and Zola’s own libel trial for publish-

ing his famous letter to t he People of

France, “J’ Accuse.” Paths of Glory

(1957) is Stanley Kubrick’s fi rst mas-

terpiece and arg uably Kirk Douglas’

greatest role. The Dev il and Daniel

Webster (1941) is t he wild Faustian

tale by poet Stephen Vincent Benét

brought to the screen. Finally, Oscar

Wilde (1960) focuses on the explo-

sive 1895 libel trial initiate d by Wilde

amid whispers of his homosex uality.

Gus B. Bauman

Washington, D.C.

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