The Accuracy Of The Movie Alone In Berlin

The first movie that I have selected for this assignment is Gallipoli. The story begins in Australia and revolves around a few young men who join the army and then find their way in the World War I battle at the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey. The second film selected by me is ‘Letters from Iwo Jima’. It is a story about men who were the part of the Japanese defence of island ‘Iwo Jima’ against the US attack in World War II. The stories are set decades apart at different times and in very different cultures and yet it can be argued that they have very inherently similar tales with strands glory, a bloody struggle and an end of many precious lives all intertwined to showcase the bitter reality of wars.

It’s entirely contrived” (LaSalle). Historians and military experts had differing opinions about the Pearl Harbor movie. One historian’s reaction to this film is that “we should embrace it! Yes, embrace it. The film has inspired a new interest in this history in many of its viewers” (Sarantakes).

Could it be due to artistic license, which is, their freedom to create a piece of writing based on their interpretations of history? Do we take into account how much knowledge we have of the historical piece prior to watching the movie? With this in mind, it allows for the above stated questions to be answered, but does this artistic license harm or help our understanding of history? For example, in “Saving Private Ryan,” the author explains that the movie depicts the German army as a uniformly expert and professional force. However, the reality was, “Due to the loss sustained by the Soviet Union, the Normandy defense was made up of old men, boys, or conscripted Soldiers from Poland or the Soviet Union,” but why would they change these facts? The reason: many of these Soldiers would simply surrender as soon as they encountered the American Soldier. Does the historical inaccuracies harm or help our understanding of past events and historical figures? In my opinion, it does not. As the Author goes on to explain, “Saving Private Ryan is not a fully accurate representation of the attack on Omaha Beach, but it depict – realistically and memorably – how Soldiers conferred meaning on the heedless calculus of modern warfare.” The screen writers or director took artistic license of a pretty historic moment and altered a few things to pay honor to those who served World War II. I don’t

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I read the section about the battles that took place during WWII. It brought to my minds that in real life. There are more important things during a war than finding a private Ryan. War is a huge event and the little things like finding a person to keep the family name going is too small to include in war history. This is what separates the movies from the real life. Another difference is they don't show the actual planning it takes to start an attack or the inelegance that is needed to set up the perfect defense barrier to prevent the advancement of the enemy soldiers. A real battle can last days, weeks, months, or years, compared to movie war that lasts not even a day and has one guy or one platoon take on the entire other side. The casualties of real war is tremendous, rather than movies where you see almost the same characters in the whole movie accomplishing some of the most intense tasks with only one or two dying. Also, in movie war you don't see the other side's horror. You think all the opponents are bad horrible people that deserve to die, when they are just soldiers doing their job and the only reason we are fighting them is because of a bad leader or government. So in the movies every enemy deserves to die and should be shown no mercy, but the actual thing about that is that the enemy is just like any other soldier. And furthermore when the good guys lose a battle in a

In 2016 alone, over twenty-two movies were created based on true events of World War II. These films depict the dramatic fighting and emotional stress that fell on soldier's shoulders. Over the years, many historic films have been created yet one movie has proven itself superior: Saving Private Ryan. Steven Spielberg, a well known film director, first produced the movie to pay tribute to the soldiers who fought in World War II. With many occasions of graphic and realistic scenes, Saving Private Ryan allows viewers to gain an appreciation for the hardships troops experienced. This film gives the audience a glimpse into the intense battles fought in World War II, while also providing a heartfelt story about brothership and loss. Differing from the other World War II movies, Saving Private Ryan exemplifies a true war-drama with the help of the plot, historical accuracy, characters and setting.

As World War II was ending, the film industry saw a surge in the production of combat films depicting what unfolded in the war. These films usually displayed the fighting as either patriotic or anti-war. However, some movies were produced which took a more neutral stance on the violence and focused more on historical accuracy. In The Longest Day, directed by Darryl F. Zanuck, the Allies plan and execute landings on several beaches in France such as Normandy to enter the European theater at the start of the second World War. It also shows the events of D-Day from everyone’s point of view, even including Nazi Germany and the French Resistance. The Longest Day asserted itself as an extremely successful film because of the more neutral approach it took on the fighting, the historical accuracy it possessed, and it’s depiction of ethnic relations.

First of all Hollywood is an over dramatization of everything depicted in the big screen;therefore, all the movies were based on true events but the events margined away from the true outline. The movies do contain facts, but are very minimal in the wholesome of their composition. Hacksaw Ridge was an almost perfect example to depict the uttermost importance it was to serve for your country was at the time. Although, the war scene are over dramatized in the senses they are too gory with blood squirting in ways never deemed possible. On the other hand, Pearl Harbor was an almost accurate representation to how devastating the event of December 7, 1941 were.

Saving Private Ryan    Historical- June 4, 1944 also addressed as D-day is the opening scene of the movie. The Allied powers invaded the the beaches of Normandy, France, defeating the Nazi that occupied Western Europe throughout World War II. This was a major turning point of the war because Hitler was expecting the Allied forces to attack from the North. This would of gave him time to to throw all his infantry East to defeat the Soviet Union.

The war movies show a lot of Professional historians normally focus on military affairs that had a major impact on the societies involved as well as the aftermath of conflicts, while dabbler historians and hobbyists often take a larger interest in the specifics of battles, equipment and uniforms in use. In the following paragraphs I will be talking about how historical occurrences portray significance in the real world. In the first movie “Pearl Harbor”, it’s about the importance that ignited the fury of the United States' access into World War II. This film to me doesn’t show accuracy in history. Many like me go based on what I see in movies and this film to me shows no accuracy.

The first thing I would say about the movie is that almost everyone watches the movie. People watch all types of movie including action movies, adventure movies, comedy movies, and many other categories, but when it comes to the history movies, people do not think if the story of the history movie is a truly based on our real history or it is just filled with bunch of fiction. People usually guestimate that every history movie is a part of a real history but the reality is that almost every single history movie contains at least little bit of fiction in it to make it great story and to keep the audience's attention. Moving on to the main point, to prove it wrong that not every history movie is truly a part of the real history, I watched the movie called the Patriot and in this paper I will compare the story of the Patriot with real history to figure out if the movie contains a true story of history or is just a filled with fiction.

American media can be said to have reached its peak during WWI due to the movies based off the battles and suffering happening in Europe. As new methods of film came out and more people went to see them the shock factor ingrained itself in the minds of many. Thus, an opportunity for war propaganda arose and films shaped the popular public opinion on the war. The American film industry greatly influenced the American view of the war, as it gave people a visual of the occurrences overseas;consequently, this also allowed stereotypes and negative thoughts to be formed about the enemy, which influenced active participation in the war.

Films made during World War II provide a unique insight into the relationship between film and society. Frank Capra’s Why We Fight series, produced from 1942 to 1945, emphasises the use of film by government for the purpose of propaganda. The representations of war within similar texts promote an incomplete understanding of popular conceptions of life during the period. Consequently, the issues with this film as a historical source stress the overt influence of the director, and by extension, the government. This underlying intent behind the film is seen through the distinct purpose of propaganda strategy. The purpose-based production highlights the reciprocal relationship concerning popular conceptions of the war between society and film. Accordingly, study of these texts demonstrates how the ability of film to foster social cohesion in war complements its function as a shared cultural event.

Throughout history, we have always wondered what it was to be back in time. World War II is one those events that many people wonder how it was back then in that time period. There have been movies that have done a good job in replicating these past experiences.

A great change came during WW1 and WW2. War images were not the only way war was portrayed, but motion pictures also came along. The motion pictures gave a whole new perspective on war to the American people. Thus, by seeing this influence, many powerful leaders saw an advantage. They saw, “the tremendous potential of movies for propaganda and