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Subject: Re: Old Movies (O/T)

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Rose

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Date Posted: Sat, Aug 02 2003, 21:06:44 PDT
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In reply to: Jean M 's message, "Re: Old Movies (O/T)" on Sat, Aug 02 2003, 20:29:41 PDT

I'm also a history fan.

Ken Burns Civil War documentary is one of the best things I've ever seen on television.

The movie Glory is a very good film, that also has the civil war as a backdrop (if you see it, you can then make a pilgrimage to the monument of the unit shown in the film. It's near one corner of The public Gardens. The monument is also, briefly, shown in the film.)

I agree with you; violence for violence sake is vastly different that violence used to illustrate a historical truth.

>I have to agree with Rose and Julia about movies being
>to violent these days. Just don't understand why
>people have a need to see other people being blown up
>or all the other stuff that goes into movies today. I
>say this and I just bought Gods and Generals which is
>about the Civil War. To me watching Gods and Generals
>is not the same as watching some other really violent
>movie. This movie is about history and from reading
>up on it I know that it is as accurate as it can be.
>Side note the book that the movie is based on is
>really good and I would recommend it to anyone who
>likes to read books about American History.
>
>So I guess on Sunday Julia and I will be watching Bing
>and Bob and also getting in our history lesson.
>
>Jean

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Re: Old Movies (O/T)	Jean M	Sat, Aug 02 2003, 21:26:14 PDT