Welcome to Unstratified Entertainment: Watching Brief. In this supplementary series, Marc (Mr Soup) & Andy Brockman of the Pipeline (Where history is tomorrow’s news) cast an eye over topical media and entertainment and discuss and debate what they find.
Today we examine Archaeology’s relationship with cinema. Do archaeologists make good film critics? Does Hollywood have a responsibility to portray the past ‘accurately’?
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#gladiator2 #movies #archaeology
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0:00 Introduction
0:31 England (Almost) Won the Euros!?
3:46 Gladiator II Trailer & Archaeologists’ Reactions
14:34 Pedants & ‘Inaccuracy’, Gladiator & Kingdom of Heaven
18:58 Evidence, Entertainment & Pragmatism
23:35 Are We TRAINED to Expect Certain Accents?
45:26 Saving Private Ryan, Spielberg & Hanks
48:00 Do Film makers Have a Responsibility to History?
1:07:48 Archaeology is a Flawed Record!
1:11:20 Are There Limits on Creative License?
1:15:04 Opinions, License & Responsibility…
1:19:50 & Freedom of Speech!
1:22:02 Archaeologists Don’t Have a RIGHT to be Heard!
1:23:15 Conclusion
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Links:
Gladiator II | Official Trailer (2024 Movie) – Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rgYUipGJNo
History Hit: Historian REACTS to ‘Gladiator II’ Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6spq-0ejwqc
Knight’s Tale Trailer (2001):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KzsTKqTq1M
How Saving Private Ryan’s D-Day sequence changed the way we see war:
An Archaeologist Who Works in TV: Sam Stein – Archaeo-Chat:
For an American example, I've never particularly wanted to see Kevin Costner's "Wyatt Earp, " but I've seen "Tombstone" probably a dozen times. I'm sure that Val Kilmer's Doc Holliday is totally inaccurate, but he's one of the best scoundrels ever. And thanks to him, I now know what a huckleberry is.
Speaking of using regional accents in movies and tv: https://youtu.be/sjUSi6c4pcU?si=xC1ZKGXZ8jQz5ayM
Posh, proud, evil = English accent xD