Re: Combat films
From: "Brian Bilderback" <bbilderback@h...>
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 20:17:55 PST
Subject: Re: Combat films
Loved Gettysburg, Loved Killer angels even more. But I've since been
disavowed of many of my own misconceptions about the battle that I
gained
from that book. (Being a Civil War rookie and all). However, I think
that,
like SPR, the great thing about this movie is not it's historical or
technical accuracy or inaccuracy, it's the portrayal of the humans
involved
in the events that stay with me, nt the events themselves. (Although I
felt
Shaara was a tad too harsh on Lee, especially on the personal level.)
Brian B
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From: Allan Goodall <agoodall@interlog.com>
Reply-To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: Re: Combat films
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:55:43 -0500
"Gettysburg" wasn't bad, but it wasn't about the battle, it was a
retelling
of
Schaara's "The Killer Angels". Now, "The Killer Angels" is a fine book,
but
historically it perpetuates some aspects of the battle that have since
been
denounced. It doesn't talk much at ALL about the battle on the Union
right,
and when it does it blames Ewell (I've been on Culp's Hill... I don't
think
Ewell could have dislodged the 11th Corps after it dug in on the first
day).
It doesn't blame Longstreet enough, by any means. And it also misses the
whole
travesty that was Dan Sickles on the Union left.
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