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Edited on Thu Sep-18-08 08:22 PM by repo
I can think of almost no examples of accurate portrayal. Indiana Jones had victorian grave robbing. Here is a start:
The Exorcist: long wide shot behind opening credits of a scout running through the huge dig site with the artifact that may be the reason for the rest of the film.
Lair of the White Worm: grad student with flotation tub (for seeds/pollen) in ten meter square searching Roman era ruins finds a skull, which may be the reason for the rest of the film.
In both of these scenes no small effort was made to get some of the details of the forensic investigations correct. But both had the "Mummies Curse" themes of , well, that was better left buried and you dug it up now face the consequences.
I've seen some of the work: the surveying, flagging, scraping, sifting, drudgery. How come so few movies get the details right? And why is there such a penalty for discovering what was hidden?
Getting accurate details out of republicans seems to be like archeology, and beware the mummies curse. Hollywood got it right, truth seekers will be punished.
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