This thread is a pretty good example of what it’s like for a historian to watch a movie set in the past.
This thread is a pretty good example of what it’s like for a historian to watch a movie set in the past.
I should add this can extend to documentaries too. I loved the James Baldwin doc I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO, but they used a clip from Selma while talking about Birmingham and it derailed me for a couple minutes.
@KevinMKruse Looks like Suspension of Disbelief is a much higher hurdle to jump over when you’re a historian
@KevinMKruse That’s how I watched Forrest Gump - and I’m not even a historian
@KevinMKruse What’s a decade or two between friends? Anything in the 1800s is fair game.
@KevinMKruse My specialty is pop music anachronisms, which occur in just about every movie set in the past and using music from radios or records to set the scene.
@KevinMKruse Both of my sons are submarine officers. "Down Periscope" is the only submarine movie it's possible to watch with them.
@KevinMKruse @redboybroken I grew up with a mother who was a medical historian. The result was that upon seeing Mel Gibson in Braveheart, my first thought was “Nobody in the 13th century had teeth that good.” Thanks Mom.
@KevinMKruse Me whenever I catch one or two scenes from National Treasure: Oooh, see those (stairs, symbols, etc) — see, that makes me think someone read a Masonic handbook or two. Me whenever it’s The Da Vinci Code: Wait. Wut?