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[REVIEW FILM] The Current War: The history of electric light bulbs

Titled The Current War , Alfonso Gomez-Rejon's film tells more about anecdotes than a certain battle.

There is a context when America started the revolution to create electricity, light bulbs to replace gas. The time of birth of the electrical system is still used today. The film recreates the conflict between the two inventors, two giants in the electricity industry fighting for their ideals and vision of an energy system that was new at the time. Writer Michael Mitnick recounted the competition between individuals for the audience to choose their own hero.

Whether the Chicago World Fair World Fair chooses alternating current (DC) by Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) or alternating current (AC) by George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon). In the end, no one loses this war because those "people outside the big world" are ultimately the beneficiaries.

Synopsis: The Current War

The story happened during the period when the electric light bulb was started to be broadcasted and put into use, the electricity source has the potential to become "fuel" to replace the gas, which is a new breakthrough to benefit the Commune. festival. The protagonist Thomas Edison has the ambition to illuminate the whole city of Manhattan, New York with a one-way power system and beyond that is a revolution that completely changed the world starting from this.

Edison wanted to create a new, cheap, and alternative source of energy for lighting. Naturally, every revolutionary revolution caused mutation and a battle began to take place in this new industry.

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In the beginning of the film, it recreates the events that lead to a race to create a modern world.

"Ultimate Sorcerer" Benedict Cumberbatch plays the egotistical inventor Thomas Edison, who is always family-oriented, burdened with genius inventions and fearful of his own death. On the opposite side, the character George Westinghouse is played by Michael Shannon, an entrepreneur and engineer, Shannon has a mind, although only heavy business in the marketplace with sharpness and reality.

By the end of the film, he compromised and ended the argument with Edison to end their fight for a good future for all humanity. Needless to say, the very difference in their value system creates conflicts that are hard to resolve.

The uncompromising battle between the industry pioneers was very new then. The smear campaign, party logic along with chaotic protests targeting the dark side when electrical power began to be mass produced.

When watching the Battle of Light, the audience will get lost in the "monotonous" and unimaginable adventure of an extremely important and fascinating event. The film's production and costume design highlight the fineness of the period of subtlety transporting viewers in the late 1800s.

Some of the works are clearly inspired by the mysterious 2006 similar TV series and are far superior to similar The Prestige films, including an introverted Nikola Tesla, despite the panic. and less impact. It was only a shame that Alfonso did not borrow from the excess of magic that Nolan charged Magnum opus with great irradiation.

Westinghouse, a rich and humble person. Edison was motivated by fear; And Westinghouse is for love. This is an important difference that the writers are heartbroken in order to highlight the character's character, perhaps this is also a disadvantage for the script in front of a planned forest for the development of the film in not long enough.

George sees Thomas's accomplishments and talents and knows how to improve it. And instead of creating a competitive company, he sought cooperation. If this approach initially caused Edison to agree to help solve the problem, surely now that humans have used alternating current (AC) well and are much stronger than Edison's direct current, they can be together. Go to the common vision. But, perhaps with the pride and rivalry that arose from Edison's refusal, this was the only reason the journey was ultimately abandoned.

The stories that follow are the successes and failures of both people in the race for power in the country. Edison actually considered it a battle while Westinghouse became an obstacle to a better future that he thought. The former started to speak ill of the latter by talking about alternating current (AC) even though ignoring the way direct current (DC) did the same thing at the same level.

The latter continued to try to meet the previous person to speak like men and put aside differences (logically or emotionally motivated) to share a common sense of what provided the United States. Best. Next film sees the Edison light bulb as a giant map illuminating each city (yellow for Thomas, red for George) when contracts are signed.

This is also a factor that helps Mitnick's script to surpass the historical records. He left Edison and Westinghouse behind to follow the journey of Nikola Tesla (Nicholas Hoult); the introduction of electric chairs in Buffalo, NY; and the business activities of JP Morgan (Matthew Macfadyen) prove that he is not just a benefactor of Thomas Edison.

Everyone has a story around "electricity", each story is drawn from different goals. The concepts of light, machinery, infrastructure, and death penalty all converged in the late 1800s to create a captivating story of craftsmanship and technological progress.

Battle of Light is a film about the American imagination in a free market driven by progress.

Perhaps the story shouldn't go too far into the backstage of these two men. Not that it's controversial, content should only revolve their involvement with electricity rather than private life.

Thomas Edison might eventually succeed and save his name for thousands of generations, but does he have to be? Westinghouse should be chosen because the character's motivation is truly pure. He could be the main character and Edison would become the anti-hero. And Tesla, the eccentric coming and going, is just adding color.

"Inventors in business wars are better than inventing inventions."

Finally, to appreciate the panorama that director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon made, it was a story lacking the ingenuity and charisma needed to create a dramatic work, perhaps responsible. also belongs to the script, with a confusing script and lack of built-in character.

However, the Battle of Light presents content based on reality and the impression is very intuitive, very real. There are many things that separate the film from becoming a biography film according to a common standard. This is a temporary work of cinema to contemplate a period of continuous revolutions.

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