(11-30-2012, 09:20 PM)Mark MacKenzie Wrote: I can't believe he told Mary the dream. Lee's surrender, the illumination, all must have been such a relief. He looked so bad though in that last photo.
Do you think the movie portrayed his deep sadness?
I felt a sense of heaviness and sadness in DDL's portrayal of Lincoln. It was great to see Lincoln tell a joke, even if people walked out of the room when he started to tell it! The joke telling emphasized Lincoln's need for some relief from the constant strain he was under.