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While the movie seemed accurate in its small details, the general theme of Civil War consequences does seem a little overblown, as discussed by others. I'm sure the tension of the issue was present throughout the case, but could not have been as close to the focus as Amistad makes it. I wonder if Spielberg was at least in part latching on to the Civil War as something a broader audience would understand or at least recognize. Dwelling on the coming war helps the movie bridge a gap between the political drama movie genre into the Civil War genre, complete with ten second token battle scene. - JT Newcomb | While the movie seemed accurate in its small details, the general theme of Civil War consequences does seem a little overblown, as discussed by others. I'm sure the tension of the issue was present throughout the case, but could not have been as close to the focus as Amistad makes it. I wonder if Spielberg was at least in part latching on to the Civil War as something a broader audience would understand or at least recognize. Dwelling on the coming war helps the movie bridge a gap between the political drama movie genre into the Civil War genre, complete with ten second token battle scene. - JT Newcomb | ||
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| + | It seemed as though the level of understanding that Cinque had with Baldwin was constantly changing throughout the movie. He seemed to have more understanding at different points earlier on than he did at segments later in the movie. Also, when would the slaves have learned to use and understand English during their incarceration? Would Cinque have learned what the English word for freedom was, and if so, understood it? -Cash Nelson | ||
== 2 Film's relationship to current scholarship or to primary sources from the time == | == 2 Film's relationship to current scholarship or to primary sources from the time == | ||
