Film: "The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc"

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This paper explains that the 1999 film starring Mila Jovovich entitled "The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc"is compelling at times. The author points out that the lack of historical knowledge exhibited by the director and writer compromises it in fatal ways. The paper relates that one noteworthy scene is made up and the protagonist Joan is made to perform hysterically throughout when her real temperament was, in all likelihood, substantially different.

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"Joan of Arc's story is an intriguing one. In recent years, with the rise of feminism and a with new emphasis upon the place of women in the historical fabric of Western European society, a bevy of articles, books and, not least of all, films have emerged trumpeting the heroics of a young fifteenth century French peasant girl named Joan of Arc. This paper looks at her story by discussing the peculiar confluence - or perhaps it is collision - of myth and historical fact as it pertains to the depiction of Joan of Arc on the Hollywood big screen."

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