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Looking at the shift in Civil War movies over time, what do you think the future hold for Civil War movies? -Megan Mc. | Looking at the shift in Civil War movies over time, what do you think the future hold for Civil War movies? -Megan Mc. | ||
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| + | The first reading talks about how Birth of a Nation used real cowboys from California as extras. Does the fact that most movies and documentaries about the Civil War are filmed in California affect our memory of the war? Have ya’ll noticed that the California landscape in the background of most movies makes it seem like the Civil War was fought in the New Mexico desert? Most Civil War movies have a western feel, why? Logan T | ||
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| + | Do you agree that the Lost Cause will be gone from cinema? Do you think the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and now Libya means that there won’t be another movie made about the Civil War for another 15 years? Do you think that a movie made about the Civil War now will over compensate for the Lost Cause like Cold Mountain did? Do you think the South will be demonized in all future movies made about the Civil War? Logan T | ||
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| + | What was the public response to Woodrow Wilson's supposed remarks about the movie, such as it's historical accuracy or that the Union attacked the confederacy, rather than defended the Union? Did his reported remarks receive a great deal of lashback from the public? - AJ L. | ||
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| + | Birth of a Nation has been a highly debated and criticized film because of it's highly inaccurate depiction of history and blacks in general. The fact that those in charge of the film "researched" all the material and it was supposedly historically accurate have not helped its case at all. Has this film, among other things, helped contribute to a more standardized approach among historian in using scholarly research, and conversly did it open the road, right in the beginning of film making, for movies to be historically inaccurate? - AJ L | ||
