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Old 01-16-10, 11:49 AM   #1
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Originally Posted by OneToughHerring View Post
Well it's all propaganda to an extent, especially the big productions like BoB and Ryan. I guess people can say that they like a certain production over another but it's all subjective.

Even if you were to take a film camera to a real war and film it would still be a slanted view depending on where in the battlefield you are filming and what you are filming etc.
OTH, people can point at a pig and call it a duck but that don't make it an accurate identification.

The word "propaganda" implies government involvement and direction with the writing and production, and not just with technical details like what rifle or uniform is correct for the time period being portrayed but rather controlling the storyline itself to generate a particular impression on the countries involved. This does not happen in BoB. The government did not tell Ambrose what to write or Spielberg what to film.
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