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Agenda of Forrest Gump, Why Forrest Gump is so great, Forrest Gump and the American Myth

With fall at our doorsteps, winter knocks, and it demands an answer. The answer to the question that poses in between is somewhere near the question mark. It makes us awe-stricken. Like the dew on a foreboding winter morning, it sticks and shines until the morning shifts into the afternoon. So with this coming winter, I started this blog post. In my thought, only one film comes that would answer the questions of this fall. The demand of answering the socio-political issues with the uncertainty of society -Yes, only one movie can fulfill this demand. And that is Forrest Gump. In this month's Cinema Agenda, we are going to confirm it. With a judging hammer in our hand, we will break down the walls of this particular movie. We hope the audience will enjoy the show, as it also demands a relative set of expectations. Forrest Gump is a myth of 20th century America. Robert Zemeckis's film comprehensively tracks the story of America from the post-world War two period into the post-wate