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What movies would you show if teaching history through film?
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:02 pm
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:02 pm
Not history OF film, real history through film.
You have 8 movies, not documentaries. The goal would be to hit on multiple eras throughout history from ancient through modern times.
You have 8 movies, not documentaries. The goal would be to hit on multiple eras throughout history from ancient through modern times.
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Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:15 pm to Tiger1242
History of the World part 1
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:21 pm to Tiger1242
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:22 pm to Tiger1242
The best documentary on the American Revolutionary War is The Patriot, obviously.
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:29 pm to Tiger1242
The 300 Spartans - Ancient Greece
Spartacus - Ancient Roman culture
Kingdom of Heaven (directors cut) - Crusades and medieval battle tactics
John Adams- Revolutionary War (limited series, but it’s the best choice)
Lincoln - Civil War
All Quiet on the Western Front - WW1 from German perspective
Enemy at the Gates - WW2 Stalingrad and Vasily was real
Apollo 13 - Space Race
Spartacus - Ancient Roman culture
Kingdom of Heaven (directors cut) - Crusades and medieval battle tactics
John Adams- Revolutionary War (limited series, but it’s the best choice)
Lincoln - Civil War
All Quiet on the Western Front - WW1 from German perspective
Enemy at the Gates - WW2 Stalingrad and Vasily was real
Apollo 13 - Space Race
This post was edited on 6/19/24 at 9:30 pm
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:44 pm to Tiger1242
The Matrix
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:48 pm to Tiger1242
This thread just made me horny. You have no idea... Not that 8 isn’t fair but 10 would let me get there more completely
10 commandments
Ben Hur
Gladiator
Kingdom of Heaven
Amadeus*
All Quiet on the Western Front & 1917 (there’s not one movie that captures both sides)
Saving Private Ryan*
Forrest Gump*
If I get 10+ , Passion of the Christ, Braveheart, Three Musketeers*, Patriot, Inglorious Basterds*. Oppenheimer, Network Wall Street, Big Short, Social Network…
* obviously fictional history.
10 commandments
Ben Hur
Gladiator
Kingdom of Heaven
Amadeus*
All Quiet on the Western Front & 1917 (there’s not one movie that captures both sides)
Saving Private Ryan*
Forrest Gump*
If I get 10+ , Passion of the Christ, Braveheart, Three Musketeers*, Patriot, Inglorious Basterds*. Oppenheimer, Network Wall Street, Big Short, Social Network…
* obviously fictional history.
This post was edited on 6/19/24 at 10:04 pm
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:50 pm to Tiger1242
1984
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:55 pm to Tiger1242
Birth of a Nation (very controversial by todays standards)
The John Adams Miniseries
Ken Burns Doc on the Civil War
Ken Burns Doc on Vietnam
Oppenheimer
Braveheart
The 1980 Shogun Miniseries
The 10 Commandments (Heston version)
The John Adams Miniseries
Ken Burns Doc on the Civil War
Ken Burns Doc on Vietnam
Oppenheimer
Braveheart
The 1980 Shogun Miniseries
The 10 Commandments (Heston version)
Posted on 6/19/24 at 10:12 pm to Tiger1242
I'd guess you'd have to start with "A Quest for Fire"..
Posted on 6/19/24 at 10:15 pm to Tiger1242
Lawrence of Arabia
12 Years a Slave
Lincoln
Joyeux Noel
Schindlers List
Ghandi
The Right Stuff
Hotel Rwanda
12 Years a Slave
Lincoln
Joyeux Noel
Schindlers List
Ghandi
The Right Stuff
Hotel Rwanda
Posted on 6/19/24 at 11:28 pm to Tiger1242
Idiocracy
Posted on 6/20/24 at 6:58 am to Tiger1242
My history teacher showed us Gettysburg....good luck with that one today, though. Anything showing Confederates in any kind of sympathetic light is verbotten.
The first twenty minutes or so of Saving Private Ryan, followed by The Longest Day.
A Bridge too Far
Apollo 13
The first twenty minutes or so of Saving Private Ryan, followed by The Longest Day.
A Bridge too Far
Apollo 13
Posted on 6/20/24 at 7:11 am to Tiger1242
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - 30s/40s
Saving Private Ryan - WW2
Dr. Strangelove - Cold War 50s/60s
Mississippi Burning - Civil Rights Era
Boys of Company C - Vietnam
All the President's Men - 70s
Red Dawn - 80s/Reagan Era Cold War
Saving Private Ryan - WW2
Dr. Strangelove - Cold War 50s/60s
Mississippi Burning - Civil Rights Era
Boys of Company C - Vietnam
All the President's Men - 70s
Red Dawn - 80s/Reagan Era Cold War
Posted on 6/20/24 at 7:29 am to Tiger1242
Can’t believe we are this far into the thread and no mention of:
Master and Commander
Also… if going with the Holocaust, the Pianist is the way to go.
Master and Commander
Also… if going with the Holocaust, the Pianist is the way to go.
Posted on 6/20/24 at 7:37 am to Tiger1242
If you want to see how a film was made, looking at the Appendices in the Extended Editions of Lord of the Rings is pretty hard to top. They go into insane detail about pretty much every single scene in the film and exactly how they did it. It’s twice the length of the films themselves and they got pretty much everything on camera. It’s a real gift and education for aspiring future filmmakers.
EDIT: Misread the OP.
EDIT: Misread the OP.
This post was edited on 6/20/24 at 7:39 am
Posted on 6/20/24 at 7:40 am to OMLandshark
quote:
looking at the Appendices in the Extended Editions of Lord of the Rings is pretty hard to top
You know Middle Earth isn’t real history right? For any other poster we wouldn’t have to question it
Posted on 6/20/24 at 10:04 am to SidetrackSilvera
The Godfather would have to be in there.
Posted on 6/20/24 at 3:19 pm to udtiger
JFK would have to be in there somewhere, I would think
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