where . where do racism come from . how can one race feel superior to another . be we born with it . no . do we become it on our own . maybe . or be it perhaps that we be taught it . there be a small scene in mississippi burning that be just as powerful a any gene hackman speech or any violent montage to gospel music that be in this film . there be a rally at a park with the head of the kkk ( without his hood ) tell thousand of people that have gather that he love be white . he love the fact that mississippi be segregate . and in the crowd the camera pan across and show three year old kid smile and cheer a gleefully and loudly a their parent be . it be haunt . this film be bite like jfk in a way . it be not an absolute recreation of the event that take place in 1964 and but it be a film that tell a true story and then add a bit of fiction to make it more interesting for a mass audience . for example and the case be not crack by mr. anderson fool around with pell wife . but that be besides the point and the point be that this film be mesmerize . everything from it direction and cinematography and acting and writing and music and it be the best film of 1988. and have rain man take most of the major award be really quite sad . because mississippi burning be much more ambitious and important and well do . rain man be a very good film and i will even go as far a to say that hoffman be the only one that deserve to win best actor just as much a hackman do . but 1988 be a bad year for the rest of the oscar . anyway . i have be edgy before . boyz and the hood do that to me and but this film make me angry . it make me want to jump back into 1964 and try to do something to stop this . the film be that strong at show u how terrible and pointless racism be . and in order to make this film work and there have to be strong element in all area . but for me and what really make me feel the thing that i do be the actor that play their role . hackman be brilliant . he give the performance of a lifetime and it be his anger that give him his edge . he see thing differently than mr. ward do and that sometimes make them bump head with each other . but they ultimately have the same goal in mind . just different way of achieve that goal . dafoe be great a well and but it be the support cast that really make this film . from dourif to r. lee ermey to stephen tobolwolski and these character be richly portray by the actor that play them . there be however one actor in particular that i want to touch on and that be michael rooker . he play frank and the nasty and mean and no conscience and negro hat person that i think i have ever see on film . i do not know where his anger come from and but he be the kind of character that you can imagine have a violent father that drink too much and always tell story about how bad the black man be . when rooker be on screen you listen . you pay attention to what he be say and do . and my hatred of him be one of my favourite part of the film . mississippi burning show u how strange people be when it come to racism . the character in this film do not know why they hate the way they do and they just know that they do . and they be powerless to stop themselves . what happen to the three civil right worker be a disgrace and a tragedy . but not just because three boy be murder and but because no one know why they be murder and besides racism that be . why do they have to die . because they be a different colour of skin . because they be jewish . it really doesn not make any sense . mississippi burning be one of the best film i have ever see . it be important and it be entertain . if you haven not see it and do so just for the scene with mr. anderson and deputy pell at the barber shop . that be worth the price of the rental alone . but for a really important film that have something to say and this be one of the best .