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Although the film industry has improved greatly since it first began, there is still one thing that has not changed much through American history in the film industry. Samuel Goldwyn said it best by commenting, "The public is never wrong...The public pays money. It wants to be entertained. That's all I know." (11) This philosophy still holds true today. The people with the money have the control. And as new technology is used in creating better quality films, the directors are continuously pushing the envelop on how to improve the movie-watching experience for their audience. This is difficult because movie-makers are dealing with a wide range of people, different classes, different languages, gender and censorship committees. All these categories have to be considered during the film making progress. According to Mintz and Roberts, this has been quite a dilemna since the making of the first moving pictures. Maybe it is the one thing that will stay a constant through our future. | Although the film industry has improved greatly since it first began, there is still one thing that has not changed much through American history in the film industry. Samuel Goldwyn said it best by commenting, "The public is never wrong...The public pays money. It wants to be entertained. That's all I know." (11) This philosophy still holds true today. The people with the money have the control. And as new technology is used in creating better quality films, the directors are continuously pushing the envelop on how to improve the movie-watching experience for their audience. This is difficult because movie-makers are dealing with a wide range of people, different classes, different languages, gender and censorship committees. All these categories have to be considered during the film making progress. According to Mintz and Roberts, this has been quite a dilemna since the making of the first moving pictures. Maybe it is the one thing that will stay a constant through our future. | ||
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| + | Did the producers of The Patriot really believe that having one black American slave represented joining the colonial forces would be sufficient in portraying the experience of slaves during that time period? I have a hard time believing that 1) so few slaves (or freed black men)joined in the fighting; 2) that all slaves were given freedom after they served 12 months and given pay on top of that; and, 3) slaves or freed blacks found many whites who would admit to being honored to fight with them. If I'm not mistaken, there was a number slaves who fought, then were back into slavery when the fighting was over. I think this portrayal was more for trying to appeal to the African American viewers than historical accuracy or representation. | ||
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| + | In the Journal of American History (http://www.studythepast.com/patriotreview.pdf), St. George quotes Mel Gibson admitting that the movie is not historically accurate. That in fact, most of the movie is based on fantasy. The article goes into detailing how Martin would not have employed free slaves living in South Carolina, he would have owned slaves. | ||
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| + | Having heard many comment about Australian, Mel Gibson, playing the lead role of The Patriot, made me wonder when this movie was made in connection with the Lethal Weapon movie. What I found was that The Partiot was release just 3 short years after Lethal Weapon. I wonder how much influence Gibson's ability to turn on and off "the crazy" in Lethal Weapon worked to get him the lead for The Patriot. Having children of my own, I can assure you that I could relate to Gibson's character Martin killing that man in the stream who dared think he could get away with harming my family. My husband is a Marine, and I shudder at the thought of imagining him in that role--he would give Gibson a run for his money. | ||
