Good point, the old "every generation recreates Napoleon", how true.  My
question was mainly to see were the film is lacking in historical detail or
does well. There is no doubt many things are fictionalized, there is no
history %100 accurate nor will there ever be especially from Hollywood.  If
complete truth could be found we would all go out of work.  Everyone has a
perspective on an event, so virtually limitless versions of an event are
possible.






>From: Andrew and Rebecca Hall <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: historical movies
>Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 10:47:53 -0600
>
>Interesting perspective -- there's an active discussion right now on the
>mailing list for high school social studies teachers, and the general
>consensus there is that "Gangs of New York" misrepresents the real
>history something awful. The main controversy in the discussion is not
>about the historical accuracy of the film (which is deemed poor at
>best), but about the broader question of whether such significant
>fictionalizing of true events and people for dramatic purposes really
>matters, and how far can a filmmaker go and still legitimately claim the
>work depicts real events.
>
>-----------> AH


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