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In Reply to: not picking on you in particular, but ... posted by TA on January 17, 2003 at 18:39:02:
Yeah, I know...I figured Spielberg massaged the facts of the Abagnale story. I just didn't figure he did it as much as he apparently did. For me, much of the appeal of a movie like "Catch Me If You Can" rides on the subject of the film actually having done things that are, at least, similar to what takes place in the film."Gangs of New York" is a different complaint. I don't like it when films change key elements of important historical events like the Civil War draft riots. Same complaint that people have raised on this board in the past.
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the "true story" angle is thrown out by the moviemakers to tug at that very thing and get you to buy a ticket. so it worked, didn't it? :-) and you thought that they weren't trying to con you ...think about the films that portray your profession or something that you know really well (history maybe?). you know it's all wrong, isn't it?
yet you'll watch someting like a trial (assuming you're not a trial lawyer) in a movie without ever questioning whether a case in real life would ever happen like that. for example, a laywer will tell you that very rarely in real life does a criminal defendant take the witness stand, yet in every movie the defendent gets on the stand for a showdown with the prosecutor. it's because the audience wants to see this. it also allows the story to hit the big climax that throws the whole trial into doubt (Sam Jackson: "Yes I killed him, and I'd gladly do it again!"). and that is exactly why lawyers don't put the defendant on the stand.
back in the old days, most americans had badly scarred faces from smallpox and other diseases. they painted "through" these flaws in the portraits that we see today of Thomas Jefferson or whoever. yet you're not going to find a film about the past where the stars don't have flawless skin while they're trying to look authentic in period costume. the bottom line about anything, including historical events: moviemakers always have to bend the rules to make it interesting, and they'll sneak in anything that most people won't be able to catch. we can only complain about what we know about.
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