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Old 06-06-2018, 12:27 PM
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I don't rely on anything shown in movies as being based on historical actuality. Presentation is everything, getting and retaining viewer attention, using tactics appealing to emotional responses are objectives, not accurate presentation of factual accounts. Films provide entertainment; that is all.
They can be so much more though. The Ox-Bow Incident for instance , and many other great movies, have had quite a lot of an impact. Twelve Angry Men too. To Kill a Mockingbird is another one.

These are used in schools to teach.