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Gandhi
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Gandhi
Central themes of 1982 film incl. Non-violent protest, colonialism, ills of imperialism, power of publicity.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages) |
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2001
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"The film Gandhi is a biography of the Indian leader, and historians have pointed out a number of ways in which the film distorts the historical record. Director Richard Attenborough has indicated his desire to be true to Gandhi as a human being, and yet this means something different to the filmmaker than it would mean to a historian. The latter would seek every scrap of information and include it as part of the picture, while Attenborough is interested more in the image of the man and in supporting that image with facts that do not really challenge the myth but extend it in some fashion for a new audience. A number of themes emerge from the way Gandhi is treated in the film.The central theme is the theme that was central to Gandhi's life as well, the theme of the importance and effectiveness of.."
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