HIST200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Human Events, Secondary Source, Cultural Artifact
Document Summary
Lm"s historical signi cance is in: the story of its production, the nished content, and the reception of the lm when it is released and in later years. Consider the context: time, place, and circumstances in which the lm is both produced and experienced (61) Important to look at evidence from every angle in order to avoid bias. Major motion pictures that are signi cant hollywood lms shape our collective understanding of the past (63) Narrative lms about the past generally involve more imagination and invention than would be acceptable in written scholarship or a documentary lm (63) The motion picture record of human events cannot easily be controlled (63) Mapping it out: a contextual model for relating movies to history. Lm can reveal a nuanced picture of how we remember the past, choose our heroes, and like to think of ourselves (65)
