I didn't know much about that disaster. As most Americans, I'm more familiar with WW2 than WW1. However I know that there was a ship torpedoed in 1915 which created great upheaval in the US as she was a commercial liner full of innocent men , women and children who were murdered at sea and there were hundreds of Americans on board who perished in the process. This was one of the reasons the US went into war in 1917.
Although after watching this doc, I wanted to know more about the Lusitania and the tragedy that occurred on May 7, 1915 in the Irish Sea. With some disappointment, I found out that the writers took some liberties with it. Some are minor details, one another is a blatant invention probably to make the story more dramatic than it already was despite it was unnecessary.
Sure it's entertaining and interesting to watch. The cast performance is on point and the recreation of the sinking is spectacular. But when you do a documentary about an historical event, you're not supposed to invent stories and veered from what truly happened.
The story I'm talking about is Dorothy Taylor's. As for the movie, she was a starlet from Brooklyn, NY and the lover of Alfred Vanderbilt, the richest passenger of the ship. When the Lusitania was torpedoed and started to sink, she got separated from her companion as she took the lift to go on the upper decks. Unfortunately, when the electrical system of the ship ultimately failed, she got trapped and drowned as a result going down with the Lusitania.
That's a good story except all of it is a lie. I've checked the victims list of the tragedy and I couldn't find any mention of her in it. I looked further and it turns out that she wasn't mentioned as a passenger at all and she never existed! In add, it turns out that NOBODY died trapped in the elevators as all its operators did survive the sinking. This was a myth.
Sorry I can't let this go away. It needs to be said. You should never invent a story when you do an historical doc. You should stay true to the facts, that's a must. If you start lying about one fact, how are we supposed to know that the rest of it really happened??
That's why I only give it a 6. If the scriptwriters would have stayed true to the facts, I would have given it a much higher note. Shame.
Although after watching this doc, I wanted to know more about the Lusitania and the tragedy that occurred on May 7, 1915 in the Irish Sea. With some disappointment, I found out that the writers took some liberties with it. Some are minor details, one another is a blatant invention probably to make the story more dramatic than it already was despite it was unnecessary.
Sure it's entertaining and interesting to watch. The cast performance is on point and the recreation of the sinking is spectacular. But when you do a documentary about an historical event, you're not supposed to invent stories and veered from what truly happened.
The story I'm talking about is Dorothy Taylor's. As for the movie, she was a starlet from Brooklyn, NY and the lover of Alfred Vanderbilt, the richest passenger of the ship. When the Lusitania was torpedoed and started to sink, she got separated from her companion as she took the lift to go on the upper decks. Unfortunately, when the electrical system of the ship ultimately failed, she got trapped and drowned as a result going down with the Lusitania.
That's a good story except all of it is a lie. I've checked the victims list of the tragedy and I couldn't find any mention of her in it. I looked further and it turns out that she wasn't mentioned as a passenger at all and she never existed! In add, it turns out that NOBODY died trapped in the elevators as all its operators did survive the sinking. This was a myth.
Sorry I can't let this go away. It needs to be said. You should never invent a story when you do an historical doc. You should stay true to the facts, that's a must. If you start lying about one fact, how are we supposed to know that the rest of it really happened??
That's why I only give it a 6. If the scriptwriters would have stayed true to the facts, I would have given it a much higher note. Shame.