The following are the ideas I've had about my project- Sir has reviewed them and as such I have taken into account his words of wisdom. Here is the raw list.
- To cut the length of viewing is bad, a historical piece of work shouldn't have a time limit.
- To have a motive in creating a historically accurate piece of work, such as profitability, can cause the piece to stray from the truth- especially as it may more romantically. (The early historian Thucydides had similar fears that his work would not be romantic because he wanted it to entirely truthful.) (SEE HAYDEN WHITE - emplotment. That's for me to see, fyi.)
- Other goals include: Entertainment to achieve box office ratings and good reviews. This leads to a modern cinema film style where a build up, climax and decline are put in place even in spite of real historical events that may not follow that particular pattern.
- History should follow the course of events that lead to a crisis or single event to describe how this event came to be and was caused. (The causation of the crisis in the films is highly restricted and limited, perhaps, not even addressing some causes at all.)
- As such, to view the crisis in isolation is to cut it off from it's own history, making it incorrectly displayed and largely misleading.
- The use of a protagonist in the films creates bias and places the protagonist, in TD, in situations he otherwise may not have been in or simply did not happen. He (they) did not have a major role in the event , he had a political advisory position- he never sources any secret files nor addressed any military pilots directly as TD would have you believe!
- Dramatic license... Yeah, needs some work, it has its benefits but I feel it has no place in history.
- TD doesn't show anything but American perspective. Mono-perspective is dangerous!
- Emotions feature in cinema.. Gonzo history! Creates one sided empathy!
More to come in next post or comments! Feel free to review and comment!
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