RE: [scifinoir2] Question: The importance of historical context?
Always has for me, Amy, even when I'm not consciously trying. People who've read my stories comment on various issues that they seem to allude to, from race relations to poverty that, when I looked the stories over, had been made it in despite my not aiming to put them there. "If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director?" -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: ahar...@earthlink.net Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:43:35 -0400 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Question: The importance of historical context? ahar...@earthlink.net Absolutely! Amy (Big fan of the Planet of the Apes films) IFC is running a Planet of the Apes marathon this weekend. What I didn't know was that there were several short documentaries about the screenwriters of the movie, and how the movie was made. Two of the writers of the screenplay were blacklisted during the McCarthy hearings. That and the civil rights struggles during the 1960s deeply influenced the Planet of the Apes. For many years I often suspected that there was a large amount of subtext in the film series but I wasn't sure of it. After learning more about the writers and their struggles, my ideas were confirmed. My question to you all is, do you think that historical context plays an importance in the creation of a good story? -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.40/2471 - Release Date: 10/31/09 07:53:00 _ New Windows 7: Find the right PC for you. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pc-scout/default.aspx?CBID=wl&ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_pcscout:112009
Re: [scifinoir2] Question: The importance of historical context?
ahar...@earthlink.net Absolutely! Amy (Big fan of the Planet of the Apes films) IFC is running a Planet of the Apes marathon this weekend. What I didn't know was that there were several short documentaries about the screenwriters of the movie, and how the movie was made. Two of the writers of the screenplay were blacklisted during the McCarthy hearings. That and the civil rights struggles during the 1960s deeply influenced the Planet of the Apes. For many years I often suspected that there was a large amount of subtext in the film series but I wasn't sure of it. After learning more about the writers and their struggles, my ideas were confirmed. My question to you all is, do you think that historical context plays an importance in the creation of a good story? -- -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.423 / Virus Database: 270.14.40/2471 - Release Date: 10/31/09 07:53:00
[scifinoir2] Question: The importance of historical context?
IFC is running a Planet of the Apes marathon this weekend. What I didn't know was that there were several short documentaries about the screenwriters of the movie, and how the movie was made. Two of the writers of the screenplay were blacklisted during the McCarthy hearings. That and the civil rights struggles during the 1960s deeply influenced the Planet of the Apes. For many years I often suspected that there was a large amount of subtext in the film series but I wasn't sure of it. After learning more about the writers and their struggles, my ideas were confirmed. My question to you all is, do you think that historical context plays an importance in the creation of a good story? --
