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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,237
    The Silence of the Lambs
    dankind said:
    Does Scruffy know that the Schindler's List is based on a novel?
    Yeah but Oskar is a real guy:  https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/oskar-schindler
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    edited May 2021
    Schindler's List
    mcgruff10 said:
    dankind said:
    Does Scruffy know that the Schindler's List is based on a novel?
    Yeah but Oskar is a real guy:  https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/oskar-schindler
    So were Henry VIII and Cromwell, but Wolf Hall isn't an education in anything real. 
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  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 31,024
    The Silence of the Lambs
    It's almost impossible to do anything mildly entertaining that isn't in the realm of historical fiction.  Having dialogue immediately makes it fiction even if the surrounding events are accurate.  No one is making a movie where people are reading diary entries.  
  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,881
    The Silence of the Lambs
    I thought Schindler's gave some perfect perspective to the events whether the underlying story was completely accurate or not.

    They reflected the pure evil and horror of the situation.  
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  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,513
    edited May 2021
    Schindler's List
    mrussel1 said:
    It's almost impossible to do anything mildly entertaining that isn't in the realm of historical fiction.  Having dialogue immediately makes it fiction even if the surrounding events are accurate.  No one is making a movie where people are reading diary entries.  
    This is why reality TV is the only true depiction of events and should be the go to for educational history. Everything else is just "based on actual events" and will always just be entertainment. Even Washington built his image on lies with that whole cherry tree story.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • mrussel1
    mrussel1 Posts: 31,024
    The Silence of the Lambs
    tbergs said:
    mrussel1 said:
    It's almost impossible to do anything mildly entertaining that isn't in the realm of historical fiction.  Having dialogue immediately makes it fiction even if the surrounding events are accurate.  No one is making a movie where people are reading diary entries.  
    This is why reality TV is the only true depiction of events and should be the go to for educational history. Everything else is just "based on actual events" and will always just be entertainment. Even Washington built his image on lies with that whole cherry tree story.
    Nothing kept it real like the Jersey Shore.  You should be able to major in it in college. 
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,513
    edited May 2021
    Schindler's List
    mrussel1 said:
    tbergs said:
    mrussel1 said:
    It's almost impossible to do anything mildly entertaining that isn't in the realm of historical fiction.  Having dialogue immediately makes it fiction even if the surrounding events are accurate.  No one is making a movie where people are reading diary entries.  
    This is why reality TV is the only true depiction of events and should be the go to for educational history. Everything else is just "based on actual events" and will always just be entertainment. Even Washington built his image on lies with that whole cherry tree story.
    Nothing kept it real like the Jersey Shore.  You should be able to major in it in college. 
    So true. Many life lessons and culturally important moments captured for the future generations so they don't have to wait for some cinematic recreation of life in Jersey circa the 2010's. Real dialogue with real people. Although, they failed to hit on the revolutionary trend of adding ice to vino that probably will some day be traced back to that area.
    Post edited by tbergs on
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,237
    The Silence of the Lambs
    tbergs said:
    mrussel1 said:
    tbergs said:
    mrussel1 said:
    It's almost impossible to do anything mildly entertaining that isn't in the realm of historical fiction.  Having dialogue immediately makes it fiction even if the surrounding events are accurate.  No one is making a movie where people are reading diary entries.  
    This is why reality TV is the only true depiction of events and should be the go to for educational history. Everything else is just "based on actual events" and will always just be entertainment. Even Washington built his image on lies with that whole cherry tree story.
    Nothing kept it real like the Jersey Shore.  You should be able to major in it in college. 
    So true. Many life lessons and culturally important moments captured for the future generations so they don't have to wait for some cinematic recreation of life in Jersey circa the 2010's. Real dialogue with real people. Although, they failed to hit on the revolutionary trend of adding ice to vino that probably will some day be traced back to that area.
    I did grow up and still live at the Jersey Shore ;)
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • MedozK
    MedozK Tennessee Posts: 9,212
    And our winner is The Silence of the Lambs
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