Read about "Historical Movies and Occasional Bias." lonelyroadhome/1/post/2013/07/historical-movies-and-occasional-bias.html Since I’ve gotten in the habit of watching historical dramas recently, I thought I’d chance watching one such movie from 2005 that I found on Netflix entitled alternately The Headsman or Shadow of the Sword depending on which particular release you see. I’m interested in such movies because I love history, but I am also particularly interested in how directors and producers treat religious topics in history. Some historical movies such as Kingdom of Heaven, also released in 2005, treat religion and Christianity respectfully and try to portray the historical events as realistically as possible while keeping the movie entertaining. In other movies, such as Shadow of the Sword, producers, directors, and writers take more license and instead of trying to portray respectfully, they push their political, philosophical, or religious agenda. You might think I’m being a bit harsh............ Read the rest of the posting on my daily blog at the link below:
Posted on: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:51:03 +0000
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