Historical Inaccuracies In Film

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A. What reasons do your authors give to explain the historical inaccuracies in the films? All historical movies are of peoples interpretations of the events, or if it was written from someone who were there at the time of the event it's still based off of what they seen or remember. Things can get lost in interpretation but director's I feel do try to stick to the best of there knowledge while maintaining a film that would be popular in ratings. Like James Cameron who written, directed, co-produced, and co-edited the film in 1997 of The historical event the Titanic which sunk in 1912. The movie was a great film with some inaccuracies but a nice story line to follow along with two fictional characters Jack Dawson and Rose Dewitt Bukater. …show more content…
With trying to make the films popular for the modern time line today we loose the true feel of what happened and view it in a fairy tale way. You cant change the event of what happened but directors can change the way we see or portray the event. Yes we may all enjoy the film I know I did but I don't have a 100% clear feel or view of what true events or experience they had aboard the ship. I really don't think there will ever be a true understanding to historical events because we weren't there to see it for ourselves we will forever have our history interpreted from someone else …show more content…
With those fictional scenes that were portrayed in the film if gave a dramatized fearful feeling to the audience that captured them right away and throughout the film. It kept everyone on there toes to keep everyone interested wether we would surpass all the obstacles and come out honorable as American soldiers. It was a way for the director and writer to keep the audience interested and give better

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