Real vs Reel
August 28, 2015 5:39 AM Subscribe
History vs Hollywood fact-checks "based on a true story/inspired by true events" popular movies, and tries to match faces and events with their real-life counterparts.
When I watch historical and biographical films where I'm not familiar with the subject matter I'll pretty much always check the Wikipedia page after to see how much was made up, which is usual a lot because films are films and I guess it's all fair play as long as it's in line with the spirit of the thing.
When I *do* know something about the subject matter, like The Immitation Game, I'll mostly just sit and fume.
posted by Artw at 7:28 AM on August 28, 2015 [1 favorite]
When I *do* know something about the subject matter, like The Immitation Game, I'll mostly just sit and fume.
posted by Artw at 7:28 AM on August 28, 2015 [1 favorite]
Alex von Tunzelmann writes a similar column in the guardian, marking films on both historical accuracy and entertainment value.
posted by dng at 7:38 AM on August 28, 2015
posted by dng at 7:38 AM on August 28, 2015
There will probably be a bunch of columns like that come Oscar season, it's sort of a tradition.
posted by Artw at 7:41 AM on August 28, 2015
posted by Artw at 7:41 AM on August 28, 2015
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I'm going to be wallowing in pedantic glee all day as I read these, aren't I...
posted by sciatrix at 5:57 AM on August 28, 2015 [3 favorites]