I was later somewhat disappointed to learn, as the quote above reveals, that the shot was achieved through visual effects, but it wasn't enough to erase the
image from my mind: a distressed Milk confronts a
police officer following a violent night
of gay - bashing in the Castro as a whistle — a plot point raised earlier in the film — lies blood spattered on the ground, reflecting the
scene throughout.
Readers might see an insect - retelling
of George Orwell's 1984, and the
scenes of destruction at the hands
of the «fertility
police» conjure up warped
images of Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale.