History on Film/Film on History (History: Concepts,Theories and Practice) by Prof Robert Rosenstone |
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Davis, a historian with a concentration on people outside traditional power centers, explores the treatment of slaves on film from a historical perspective...[and] sets up the complex interplay between historically supportable fiction and imagination...The historical alterations that take place, Davis advocates, should be acknowledged to film viewers so that they may distinguish between historical fact and fiction...Very informative. -- Vernon Ford "Booklist"
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In this innovative look at film, Natalie Zemon Davis tackles the large issue of how the moving picture industry has portrayed slaves in five major motion pictures spanning four generations. The potential of film to narrate the historical past in an effective and meaningful way, with insistence on loyalty to the evidence, is assessed in five films: Spartacus (1960), Burn! (1969), The Last Supper (1976), Amistad (1997), and Beloved (1998). Davis shows how shifts in the viewpoints of screenwriters and directors parallel those of historians. While the five motion pictures are sometimes cinematic triumphs, with sound history inspiring the imagination, Davis is critical of fictive scenes and characters when they mislead viewers in important ways. Good history makes good films.
Davis, a historian with a concentration on people outside traditional power centers, explores the treatment of slaves on film from a historical perspective...[and] sets up the complex interplay between historically supportable fiction and imagination...The historical alterations that take place, Davis advocates, should be acknowledged to film viewers so that they may distinguish between historical fact and fiction...Very informative. -- Vernon Ford "Booklist"
Synopsis
In this innovative look at film, Natalie Zemon Davis tackles the large issue of how the moving picture industry has portrayed slaves in five major motion pictures spanning four generations. The potential of film to narrate the historical past in an effective and meaningful way, with insistence on loyalty to the evidence, is assessed in five films: Spartacus (1960), Burn! (1969), The Last Supper (1976), Amistad (1997), and Beloved (1998). Davis shows how shifts in the viewpoints of screenwriters and directors parallel those of historians. While the five motion pictures are sometimes cinematic triumphs, with sound history inspiring the imagination, Davis is critical of fictive scenes and characters when they mislead viewers in important ways. Good history makes good films.
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