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It's All Politics
If you google the best movies based on true stories, Schindler's List shows as number 2.
submitted 3 years ago by RuckFeddit from self.politics
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[–]RuckFeddit[S] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun - 3 years ago (5 children)
I'm aware he existed and supposedly rescued Jews. My point is his book is classed as fiction. Why is the movie based on the book "based on a true story"? when did fiction become a true story?
[–]SeasideLimbs 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (4 children)
Except the book isn't fiction, it's semi-documentary. It is based on official documents, letters and interviews while also filling in unknown parts of the story and framing the story for narrative impact. By your logic, not a single "based on a true story" movie is true, because they all employ exaggeration and fiction to some degree.
[–]RuckFeddit[S] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago* (2 children)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schindler%27s_Ark
This is as pro-JIDF a source as you can get, and even they're saying it's fiction.
There's a difference between embellishing a personal story, like The Pursuit of Happyness for instance, and attempting to re-write history by calling a movie based on a fictional book a true story. Not just a true story, but one of the best movies based on a true story to have ever existed.
I think there should definitely be an exception for movies that are supposed to be based in history. They should be forced to have a disclaimer for certain scenes that are fabrications in historical movies, otherwise they are literally pushing propaganda.
[–]SeasideLimbs 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
So you think that a single sentence in a wikipedia article (that you yourself call out for not being trustworthy) somehow transforms a non-fictional book into a fictional book. I'm curious: given that the german wikipedia article explicitly says that it is based on "official documents, letters and interviews" and is a "semi-documentary novel," and by your logic this must mean that this must be true, we now live in a world in which somehow there exists a direct contradiction. Is the universe going to explode now?
[–]horatioherbert 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun - 3 years ago (0 children)
All art is propaganda - George Orwell
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