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Have any of you ever watched the film “Fargo”?
I mention this because that film pokes fun at the basic theme of this thread.
It starts with “based on a true story”...but it isn’t. And that’s the point. Movies are just stories, always, dreams transcribed into images. Maybe they are inspired by truth, but they are not documentaries.
If you really think that a “based on a true story” film is going to be—or is supposed to be—100% accurate, then you are kidding yourself, and you are missing out on the experience that a film should be.
Just go along for the ride.
I agree that the truth is definitely interesting, and a fascinating chapter of early American history, which could be adapted into a great miniseries by artists more interested in the truth.
But this film was not interested in the actual historical events. The film went down the mythical route to tell its own story. They did not fail at telling a true story, they succeeded in creating a myth.
Why can’t they ever just stick to the true story?
BECAUSE THIS WASN’T A DOCUMENTARY
This was art, which is only an impression of reality.
It is JUST A STORY. And a beautiful one. Well, maybe beautiful, if you’re into lovely music and revenge odyssey’s. Also the cinematography is wonderful and the sequences are mesmerizing.
And there are movies that stick very close to the real events upon which they are based. This ain’t one of em. Oh well. Does that make the work less of an accomplishment?
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...stare, perplexed, into a crack in the wall just above the urinal I was pissing into at some restaurant on the Upper East Side, wondering if I could just disappear into that crack, and would anyone even notice I was gone?
So to prove to myself that my existence matters, I must return to a monotonous lunch with my ex-girlfriend Bethany who I plan to murder later, but for now I let her talk about her current boyfriend and then I’m gonna read her a really racist poem that I wrote for her because I love her and hate her too.
Once I find out what the fuck Bethany is doing with that faggot Robert Hall, and send her on her way... I’m going to make reservations at Dorsia for this Friday on my cellular phone.
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Good stuff
Totally agree with this post.
Now I’m gonna have to go rewatch some X-Files
I really like this movie too. Wish it would come on tv more. I was young-around 14 or 15–when I first saw it, and the ending really freaked me out. I caught it again about a year ago, and it really is a cool flick.
I also really enjoy the first one (I was eleven, and probably should not have watched it, but i don’t regret it!)
Ain’t that the truth, and also such a shame.
Definitely one of his best performances!
No need to feel sorry, you make valid points. Definitely an effective use of the red herring, because it still has me wondering!
The one thing I can’t make fit into my “delusion theory” is that scene on the plane at the end, where the woman from “insurance” takes a seat next to the villain.
But I do still think that cole was mentally unstable, yet experiencing real things. Oh yeah, and the WWI bullet kinda pokes a hole in my theory as well. So yeah, you are probably right, but I still wonder...
Such a fascinating film.
One of the things I love about this film is its perfectly bleak time-travel story. However, what makes me like it more is the heavily hinted at possibility that it is all indeed an elaborate fantasy. The movie constantly comments on the nature of insanity. And, to get meta, it IS just a movie, which in itself is a shared fantasy.
So in my opinion, not only does the film work both ways, it was probably meant to.
To: ecarle.
Great post! Thanks for sharing.
But the film is based on an actual historical event. Yes, it was marketed in a way to win awards, but I doubt the film was made with that sole purpose.
I agree, Butler’s character lost all justification for his actions when he started killing innocent people. He became what he hated, which is the sad irony of this story. But I still sympathize for his plight, without condoning his actions.
Agreed.
I respectfully disagree, though it is an interesting thought.
I think the movie explains it pretty well. The creeper is just some monster that comes to life every 20 (?) years and eats people, and is the source/cause of fearsome legend in that rural area of America.
This is a great question!
I always figured that he had to leave a note for himself, after he had been told numerous times of his condition. Like, one day, he comes to in whatever institution he’s in, and this day the doctor is particularly adamant in explaining his condition because it’s the umpteenth time the doctor has had to explain the condition, and Leonard writes a note on his skin with a pen to remember. And everything snowballs from there.
Sometimes it’s better to leave things for the imagination