Accuracy of Historical Films

How accurate a delineation of Roman gladiatorial games and culture is the movie Gladiator? In participation now diachronic shoot downs ar merely valu up to(p) to society as a form of re inception. Historical events harbour become another form of stimulant for music directors when creating an engaging take on for audiences . Len the creation of a film many diachronic Inaccuracies occur as seen In the film Gladiator.This film rather of existence a historical recreation of the Roman culture and gladiatorial games extends to actualise the idea of certain characters and events. They reflect twenty-first century ideals onto these historical events to wee-wee a film that will invoke to the masses. Ultimately these inaccuracies are in insignifi s in like mannerlt in detracting from the purpose of these films which is to entertain. Historical films are merely a form of entertainment that is used to engage the masses still this is the limit of its value to society.Unlike a documentary, films are supposed to be aesthetic Journeys and historical events are merely another form of stimulus for a director trying to create an Individual storyline. On the release of the historical film 300, Warner Pros issued a statement Insisting that it developed this film purely as a fictional work with the sole purpose of entertaining audiences . In come in to entertain audiences film makers must use these historical events , thin where necessary ,to create an film for a 21st century audience.Gladiator Is a key example of where an aspect of a culture has been reworked into a megahit film. The writer for Gladiator started to develop the story after reading those who are about to die by Daniel P Manic . The sinking f the titanic is an important historical event but in order to pitch this event to a current audience it was mixed with a Romeo and Juliet love story . David Benison summed up precisely the method in which verity in a historical film is undertaken as for org anism absolutely faithful to the source material, Im always going to pick the project .The verity of these films images are compromised so that it can be guided by the privileged logic of capitalism. Gladiator through this guidance made $457, 640,427 at the box office a very tricky task If you do not appeal to the audience. As seen In the film Gladiator, historical films tend to embody the Idea of a culture In order to appeal to the wider audience. While the film makers attempt to portray the emperor as the rival of the story, they however remove or add material where they see necessary.In the film Gladiator Marcus Aurelias describes his son Commodes as an immoral man and thus is unable(p) to present him with emperors but this is contradictory as Commodes was a joint convention with his father Marcus Aurelia . While ancient historian Did Cassias refers to Commodes as a hugeer curse to the Romans the production team have excluded facts much(prenominal) as his self-portrayal a s Hercules , his left handedness and the conspicuous growth on his groin as these werent necessary to the plot line and catered to the needs of the actors.This sense of recognition is unless seen In how the film Gladiator portrays ancient Rome to be a grand city full of white buildings. The Coliseum was recreated as get across Scott felt that the real Coliseum was besides small so Instead the CGI team created a grand Rome of the Imagination with a a great deal larger coliseum ND fully white buildings as such to relate with the modern perception of this many colored building but today modern society can only view these social organisation without the color and in less grandeur.Gladiators historical inaccuracies are further seen in its depiction of gladiatorial games as they aim to heighten the action deep down the film. The central character of uttermost is not a historical icon but is merely a personification of the traits that create a gladiator. Russets Crows depiction o ff brave, fearless, skilled gladiator mirror many historical sources such s Valerian maximum who references the bravery skill and passion that are common among the great gladiators. These characteristics are cited by Cicero who describes the gladiators to be marvelous well disciplined.Although they have avoided they have used historical figures as stimulus for the central character and as part of the story line. There was indeed a General Maximum who was an advisor to Marcus Aurelias , and Commodes was killed by a gladiator named Narcissus . These however are ii different people but their storyline have been merged to increase the excitement of he games which is further seen where Maximum a Protractor gladiator fights quintuple different gladiators and animals.This contrasts to ancient gladiatorial games where he would have only been able to fight another Protractor rather than the Retailers (gladiators fighting with nets), Estuaries (gladiators on chariots) and Tigris . The wa rping of facts can further been seen in the death of Commodes in the field of study. Although Commodes did fight in the arena , he always fought as a Sector and therefore Maximum should have faced him as a Retailers but instead some(prenominal) men ought as no particular gladiator type. This battle did not result in his death but rather Commodes was strangled in his home .While the death rate in the film is over 50% Professor David Potter believes the death rate to be 5-10% as too much cadence and money had been invested into them. Therefore gladiatorial games were to first gillyflower . All of these inaccuracies are created to increase the entertainment value and appeal to a 21st century audience. In the film industry and especially to a 21st century audience the inaccuracies of these films become irrelevant because they increase the entertainment value of the film. The problem however is when these films are described as being historically accurate.Historical films are unrelia ble for a historian studying the time period but are still useful for discerning the 21st century western perception of Roman society. Gladiator is guilty of stupid advertising as Peter Russell, art director, states that the film is based factually on the events of the time . Though we can assume this is merely a marketing ploy as the majority of society is uneducated . As one review of the film dutifully states there was no alternative odder audiences would have accepted or recognized and this is true for many of the inaccuracies inwardly the film.Oliver Reed Justifies these inaccuracies when he states we are not making a documentary and anyhow if they were to make a historically accurate film it would be too long. Jean Shaw further states that films need to appeal to their audience by having an excite plot, a lot of drama in order to become successful. As George Lucas was quoted the secret to film is that its an illusion and this illusion allows millions all over the human r ace to and gain an insight into past civilization.In our modern 21st century society today, historical films are merely an individuals recreation of a culture. The have incredible value to the entertainment industry in providing stimulus for films, however the creation of these the goal off film. The film Gladiator clearly shows how the reliability of a films portrayal of culture and in these particular case gladiatorial games is misrepresent based on the decisions of the production team. Historical information is better worthy to historians and lets leave film makers to cater for the rest of society.