how many liberties can a movie take with historical fact without in the process degenerating into a fallacious and malicious propaganda gremlin?
God is subtle, but He is not malicious. (Albert Einstein)
What do you mean a movie taking liberties? Since when did movies remove your rights? If a movie is purely based on only historical fact, then how would it be propaganda?
shareDear defrain:
That depends upon the screenplay source; i.e., who is writing the "history".
By this standpoint, there is no way to verify what history is true, making any historical film somewhat fictional.
sharethe issue of 'truth' in history is still debated today.
There is no one truth, a simple example is the well know phrase 'one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter'.
Another example is 'there are three truths - yours, mine and what actually happened'.
In actuality there are more versions of the truth, as humans are incapable of being fully impartial and history is written by humans, you will never find the 'truth' in history. As it is also read by humans, who have different understanding of the meanings of words and phrases, what is written is not always taken the same way as it was intended.
Naturally every historical film is somewhat (to say the least) fictional.
In actuality there are more versions of the truth, as humans are incapable of being fully impartial and history is written by humans, you will never find the 'truth' in history. As it is also read by humans, who have different understanding of the meanings of words and phrases, what is written is not always taken the same way as it was intended.
I completely agree.
Moreover, to make an interesting film out of an historical event the film will have to be partly fictional.
Even documentaries don't tell the 'truth' but only an approximation by selecting certain events, in the way of the presentation, and by choosing certain wordings in the comment.
Anyhow, depending on the viewer's experience and historical knowledge, any historical film will disagree in parts with a viewer's expectations. Thus, it depends on the viewer's expectations if he is offended or entertained by the fictional parts.
--- each brain develops its own preferences ---
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