Movie or Monograph? A Historian/Filmmaker's Perspective

Author: Davis Natalie Zemon  

Publisher: University Of Chicago Press

ISSN: 0272-3433

Source: The Public Historian, Vol.25, Iss.3, 2003-07, pp. : 45-48

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Abstract

Using her experience as historical consultant for Le Retour de Martin Guerre, the author weighs the advantages and disadvantages of describing the past in the language of film and the language of professional prose. She concludes that both forms of communication should be used: historians should amplify their role as consultants or filmmakers through discussion and written debate.