...since the term 'exploitation film' covers a pretty wide berth, as far as pinning down an all-encompassing, overall meaning of the term, and as such, might well be definitionally construed as something different, from group to group...even from person to person...it might as well be safe to say that the spansive moniker includes any interest-instilling speculative cinematic study...no matter how well researched...depicted in a dramatically sensationalist and emotionally manipulative meld. Such is the case, even with regards to the depiction of historical events...especially in particular, the assassination of public figures. In that respect, Abraham Lincoln's ill-fated death in 1865 has proven to be one of the most tragically and compellingly documented of such events in the annuls of American history; much speculation has been wrought from the events that transpired, during that time, due to unverifiable 'holes' in the backstory, as well as noted eyewitness inconsistencies. Surprisingly enough, there has been scant attempts to cinematically lay out the well-documented archival evidence of this case, in a sensical and practical manner; however, those attempts that HAVE been ambitiously produced, for the most part, have proven exploitatively intriguing and powerful enough to warrant viewer attention, in the overall search for, and ultimate presentation of at least a reasonable and logical, albeit understandably speculative truth. Despite this surprising, yet notable cinematic minimization, considering the historical impact of the event, coupled with an exploitative approach to the material, one might genuinely and cleverly see fit to coin the term, 'Lincoln-sploitation', as cliche as such a term might be considered; in viewing this recent docu-dramatization of the tragic events...this rustically slick, and keenly performed 2013 study, based upon the best selling non-fiction book, narrated by actor Tom Hanks, produced by Ridley & Tony Scott (...the latter of whom passed away, during production) for the National Geographic, and deemed a right-to-the-point, no-nonsense docu-drama, called "Killing Lincoln"...it is very dramatically presented that nothing could be closer to the truth...especially the suggestively relevating 'truth', outlaid herein...
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Showing posts with label William Campbell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label William Campbell. Show all posts
July 29, 2013
Movie Review: Killing Lincoln (2013, Herzog & Co./Scott Free/20th Century Fox)
...since the term 'exploitation film' covers a pretty wide berth, as far as pinning down an all-encompassing, overall meaning of the term, and as such, might well be definitionally construed as something different, from group to group...even from person to person...it might as well be safe to say that the spansive moniker includes any interest-instilling speculative cinematic study...no matter how well researched...depicted in a dramatically sensationalist and emotionally manipulative meld. Such is the case, even with regards to the depiction of historical events...especially in particular, the assassination of public figures. In that respect, Abraham Lincoln's ill-fated death in 1865 has proven to be one of the most tragically and compellingly documented of such events in the annuls of American history; much speculation has been wrought from the events that transpired, during that time, due to unverifiable 'holes' in the backstory, as well as noted eyewitness inconsistencies. Surprisingly enough, there has been scant attempts to cinematically lay out the well-documented archival evidence of this case, in a sensical and practical manner; however, those attempts that HAVE been ambitiously produced, for the most part, have proven exploitatively intriguing and powerful enough to warrant viewer attention, in the overall search for, and ultimate presentation of at least a reasonable and logical, albeit understandably speculative truth. Despite this surprising, yet notable cinematic minimization, considering the historical impact of the event, coupled with an exploitative approach to the material, one might genuinely and cleverly see fit to coin the term, 'Lincoln-sploitation', as cliche as such a term might be considered; in viewing this recent docu-dramatization of the tragic events...this rustically slick, and keenly performed 2013 study, based upon the best selling non-fiction book, narrated by actor Tom Hanks, produced by Ridley & Tony Scott (...the latter of whom passed away, during production) for the National Geographic, and deemed a right-to-the-point, no-nonsense docu-drama, called "Killing Lincoln"...it is very dramatically presented that nothing could be closer to the truth...especially the suggestively relevating 'truth', outlaid herein...
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