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In ''Why Movies Matter'', Ross tells us that "whether a particular cinematic discourse is true or false is less important than its ability to create a dominant sense of reality." This statement ties together points in the introduction and ''Slaves on Screen'', and means that it doesn't really matter whether a spectator of a 'based on a true story' film leaves wondering how much was accurate. If the director can successfully get his vision across or emphasize a view or stereotype, mission accomplished. -Whitney Holcomb | In ''Why Movies Matter'', Ross tells us that "whether a particular cinematic discourse is true or false is less important than its ability to create a dominant sense of reality." This statement ties together points in the introduction and ''Slaves on Screen'', and means that it doesn't really matter whether a spectator of a 'based on a true story' film leaves wondering how much was accurate. If the director can successfully get his vision across or emphasize a view or stereotype, mission accomplished. -Whitney Holcomb | ||
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| + | I thought it was really interesting how in the introduction to the book the author said movies were not historic because they "do not provide accurate, authentic, truthful, or objective treatments of history" (p. 4). While some of those things may be true about movies they are also true about history in general. Every event in the past that is retold by historians is biased in some way and how do we know what is the true, we can only guess based on evidence. Movies may be more colorful in their depiction of the past but to say they are not historical because they are not objective or truthful would mean that historians should discount any primary source written by a person because people are biased and liars. - Christine W. | ||
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| + | I was surprised to read in the "Hollywood's America" article that all the first major movie producers were immigrants. I am in two immigration classes and writin my senior thesis on the topic so things related to immigration stand out to me. I thought it was interesting because movies are something Americans take pride in and so to learn that the industry was founded by people we at one time did not consider to be Americans is amazing to me and I think it shows just how important immigration is to the heritage of this country. - Christine W. | ||
