Historians working on a film, and actually having a say in what goes on?
A film that values historical accuracy?
hock: :lol: :roll:
hock:
Foner: So, what you're saying is, the way the movie industry is going now we're not likely to hear a lot of concern about historical accuracy.
Sayles: No, because coming up with the scenario that sells is the same thing as staying in office. You know, it's the difference between being a leader and a politician.
Foner: And the stakes are so much higher now. You stand to lose a hundred million bucks instead of five million.
Sayles: I think the stakes were always the same, personally, for those guys: "Don't make a movie like this. It doesn't make money." If historical accuracy were the thing people went to the movies for, historians would be the vice presidents of studios. Every studio would have two or three historians.
Foner: Fortunately, or unfortunately, that doesn't seem likely to happen.
Past Imperfect - History According To The Movies c1995 ISBN: 0-8050-3759-4 p22.
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Narukami