Il tour inizia e attraversa molte luoghi impregnati di razzismo contro gli afroamericani e severamente omofobi. Tony Lip (uno spettacolare Viggo Mortensen) buttafuori di un quartiere italo-americano del Bronx, viene ingaggiato per guidare il musicista Devono fare affidamento su “The Green Book” per essere guidati verso le poche strutture che venivano segnalate come sicure per gli afro-americani. La storia segue il famoso pianista afroamericano Don Shirley ( Mahershala Ali), che si azzarda a voler fare una tournee nel profondo Sud degli Stati Uniti. Una pellicola classicamente realizzata, eseguita e scritta in modo impeccabile”. La mia reazione alla fine della proiezione di Green Book è stata: “ Miglior film on the road dopo Driving Miss Daisy. I truly wish the ‘ green of that book’ would change color into ‘ gold’, the color of the Oscar. I loved the direction, the cinematography, the music, the editing and the excellent performances. They turned to be friend or even more than that. After a period of time, they started to help each other and Tony always stood up for Don. At the beginning, they didn’t understand each other and came up a lot of conflict. One white and one black met at the apartheid society. Confronted with racism, danger-as well as unexpected humanity and humor-they are forced to set aside differences to survive and thrive on the journey of a lifetime. A real story that shows the journey of Tony and Don. As the tour progresses, the audience goes through many parts of the south where not only racism was prevalent against African Americans and Italians, but also acknowledge the severe homophobia that existed so terribly in the 1960s. They must rely on “ The Green Book” to guide them to the few establishments that were then safe for African-Americans. Tony Lip (a spectacular Viggo Mortensen) a bouncer from an Italian-American neighborhood in the Bronx, who is hired to drive the musician on a concert tour from Manhattan to the Deep South. The story follows the highly famous and incredibly successful pianist, Don Shirley ( Mahershala Ali), who takes great risks as an African American man touring through the highly racial deep south.
My reaction at the end of Green Book’s screening was: ‘ Best road movie after driving Miss Daisy.,classically made, impeccably performed and written’.