What value does fiction have in the interpretation of a historical event? This question can become central to the reception and understanding of historical films and has taken on important resonance in past years in regards to films like Ben Affleck’s Argo or Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty. These films are not documentaries; however they attempt to portray accurately events as they might have transpired. A similar film that for Canadian’s is perhaps a little closer to home is Denis Villeneuve’s 2009 film Polytechnique. For those unfamiliar with the events of the film, it portrays a 1989 Massacre at the École Polytechnique in Montreal, where Marc Lépine shot 28 people, killing 14 – all of whom were women. He purposefully targeted the women, blaming them for not being accepted into the school. Though on a smaller scale, like the two big Hollywood productions this film portrays an important historical event that...
- 6/12/2013
- by Justine
- SoundOnSight
Those who've been to a movie theatre from Friday to these days have probably seen the teaser of the upcoming biopic Gerry, which will follow the life of Quebec's first rocker, Gerry Boulet. Now, the teaser has already arrived online. Moreover, no release date has been announced for the film, but it will be somewhere in 2011.
The film is made with a budget of $6 million and the titular role of Gerry Boulet will be played by Mario Saint-Amand. Moreover, we still don't have any details about what parts of Boulet's agitated life will be documented by the film, which was written by [cough] cinema critic [cough] Nathalie Petrowski.
The film will also star Madeleine Péloquin, Éric Bruneau, Capucine Delaby, Eugene Brotto, Marc-François Blondin, Roberto Mei, Louis-David Morasse, Mathieu Lepage, Jonas Tomalty and Luc Proulx.
The film is made with a budget of $6 million and the titular role of Gerry Boulet will be played by Mario Saint-Amand. Moreover, we still don't have any details about what parts of Boulet's agitated life will be documented by the film, which was written by [cough] cinema critic [cough] Nathalie Petrowski.
The film will also star Madeleine Péloquin, Éric Bruneau, Capucine Delaby, Eugene Brotto, Marc-François Blondin, Roberto Mei, Louis-David Morasse, Mathieu Lepage, Jonas Tomalty and Luc Proulx.
- 9/20/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
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