Apocalypto Film Analysis

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Apocalypto is a historical film that was written by Mel Gibson. The film release happened in the year 2006 whereby, it illustrates the historical events that occurred in the sixteenth century. The historical period reflected in the movie reflects the journey of Mesoamerican tribesman. The film is set to play for two hours eighteen minutes to enhance a broad historical description of the events. This means that Apocalypto is a film that is cultivated in deep historical context making the current generation have a view of historical scenes.
Apocalypto film is a film that focuses on the Pre-Columbian Peten, Guatemala. The movie practically illustrates the Mesoamerican tribesman’s journey who had to make a compulsory escape from human sacrifice.
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The film’s accuracies and inaccuracies revolve around how the film portrays historical figures and events. The film’s main accuracy is the use of same character’s names and character’s features as back in the sixteenth century. The main character in the film, Jaguar Paw has borrowed the same name as back in history. In addition, the roles accorded to Jaguar Paw are the same as the roles Paw played back in the sixteenth century. The costumes worn in the course of the film is also accuracy. The film’s cast was designed by a specialist group of make-up and costumes artists and designers. The cast had costumes and make-ups that depict the Maya look. The Maya look in the film included tattoos, scarification and earlobe extensions among others. On the other hand, the film inaccuracies were scenes within the film that were out of the historical context that the film is set in. The way adapted to do the make-ups in the film was the main inaccuracy. The film used cosmetics and sophisticated tools to make the Maya look. This illustrates displace of the Maya architecture that involved the use of traditional tools and substances in making the look. The film’s accuracies have helped in making the movie have historical figures while the inaccuracies act as drawbacks to this

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