Several years ago when "Rain Man" came out I went to see it out of curiosity.
Now, you have to understand that I have always worked in mental hospitals and
when I came out of the theater I had to roll my eyes. Movies are movies, drama
is drama and they are always far from reality. Dustin Hoffman's performance;
however, was impressive.

When I watch Part One tonight I will be watching it for HK's performance, not
for the accuracy of the accounts. My opinion of it will be far from political
and my interest in the mini series is because of my admiration and interest in
HK.

It is interesting to read all the political views of the mini series. As for
the accuracy/inaccuracy of the accounts ... well ... who really knows ???

I have had an intense weekend with company, just hope I do not fall asleep in
the middle lol ......

Doberlady

antigona35new <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
"Where we have distorted something, we have made a mistake, and that
should be corrected. It can be corrected". This is an extract from a
Harvey´s interview in the CNN. Is very interesting. Here´s the
entire interview and the link:

On the September 7 edition of CNN Headline News' Showbiz Tonight,
Keitel noted that "[i]t turned out not all the facts were correct"
and claimed: "Where we have distorted something, we have made a
mistake, and that should be corrected. It can be corrected":

KEITEL: Yeah, I had questions about certain events and material I
was given in The Path to 9/11 that I did raise questions about. Yes,
I had some conflicts there.

A.J. HAMMER (host): How was that met?

KEITEL: With discussion. With argument. When I received the script,
it said "ABC history project." I took it to be exactly what they
presented to me -- history, and that the facts were correct. It
turned out not all the facts were correct, and ABC set about trying
to heal that problem. In some instances, it was too late because we
had begun.

HAMMER: Do you feel that anything should be changed in this film?

KEITEL: Yes, I do. This is a tough issue.

HAMMER: Sure.

KEITEL: Because we don't want to throw the baby out with the
bathwater. There are also quality issues raised in the film that our
citizens should see, should be discussing amongst themselves. If in
putting together certain facts, an untruth evolves from that, then
that's wrong. You can compile certain things as long as the truth
remains the truth. You can't put things together, compress them, and
then distort the reality.

HAMMER: The director has said -- and this is a quote from the
director -- that "this is an objective telling of the events of 9-
11, not a documentary." Of course, we have seen history dramatized
all the time. And there are certain areas where creative license is
taken in doing that.

KEITEL: That's right.

HAMMER: In the case of September 11th, though, do you feel that it
is an absolute responsibility that it be factually accurate, even if
it is a dramatization?

KEITEL: Absolutely, you cannot cross the line from a conflation of
events to a distortion of the event. No. Where we have distorted
something, we have made a mistake, and that should be corrected. It
can be corrected. It can be corrected by the people getting involved
in the story that they're going to see.

Here´s the link from the article:
http://mediamatters.org/items/200609080007








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