Gettysburg (1993) eventually became difficult to sit through. The movie started off strong and fell short as the production dragged on for a duration of four-and-one-quarter hours. Through the contents of Gettysburg, we follow a story that spans a full three days, which aligns with the plot line of the book The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara. From the beginning, Gettysburg makes a point to align itself with factual historical figures, but misrepresents or ignores important aspects of the real happenings from which it claims to draw source. The film spans three days revolving around The Battle of Gettysburg: focusing on the viewpoints from John Buford (Sam Elliot), Joshua Chamberlain (Jeff Daniels), and James Longstreet (Tom Berenger).
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Lines were delivered with appropriate deliberation for when they were called and it was easy to make out what the audience was supposed to hear. However, the picture was primarily concentrated around what was being said and never showed us what wasn't being said, leaving the finished production much like the book from which the writer (Ronald F. Maxwell) chose to draw plot. Throughout the movie, the picture was nearly always clear and focused. Captured action on large battlefields was blurry and lacked fluidity of movement: an issue that should have been improved with editing. The cinematographers were able to get the shots which they chose to settle for at the end, focusing on the illumination and visibility of all main, …show more content…
However, according to an article from Henry Louis Gates Jr. (American historian) entitled: “Did Black Men Fight at Gettysburg?” in The Root, the plight that the Civil War brought down upon Gettysburg citizens didn't last only three or four days, but more than an entire two weeks. During the days surrounding the fight, a cavalry lead by General Albert Jenkins would invade Pennsylvania and raid farms for supplies while also collecting African-Americans along the way under superficial pretense. While the film Gettysburg emphasizes how Southern apologists and supporters did claim the war was not about slavery, Gates explains in his article that the Confederacy did take advantage of their military position to reverse the Underground Railroad and that “the Rebels didn't discriminate between runaways, refugees and free black people born and raised north of the Mason-Dixon Line.” Gates also describes how John Heiser (historian) states that Gettysburg was a “thriving black community” with a population of about 200 during 1860. Although by July first,
Lines were delivered with appropriate deliberation for when they were called and it was easy to make out what the audience was supposed to hear. However, the picture was primarily concentrated around what was being said and never showed us what wasn't being said, leaving the finished production much like the book from which the writer (Ronald F. Maxwell) chose to draw plot. Throughout the movie, the picture was nearly always clear and focused. Captured action on large battlefields was blurry and lacked fluidity of movement: an issue that should have been improved with editing. The cinematographers were able to get the shots which they chose to settle for at the end, focusing on the illumination and visibility of all main, …show more content…
However, according to an article from Henry Louis Gates Jr. (American historian) entitled: “Did Black Men Fight at Gettysburg?” in The Root, the plight that the Civil War brought down upon Gettysburg citizens didn't last only three or four days, but more than an entire two weeks. During the days surrounding the fight, a cavalry lead by General Albert Jenkins would invade Pennsylvania and raid farms for supplies while also collecting African-Americans along the way under superficial pretense. While the film Gettysburg emphasizes how Southern apologists and supporters did claim the war was not about slavery, Gates explains in his article that the Confederacy did take advantage of their military position to reverse the Underground Railroad and that “the Rebels didn't discriminate between runaways, refugees and free black people born and raised north of the Mason-Dixon Line.” Gates also describes how John Heiser (historian) states that Gettysburg was a “thriving black community” with a population of about 200 during 1860. Although by July first,