“Whenever you're trying to do a film in a genuine historical period, you do have to make sure that you get as much historically accurate as you possibly can because there are thousands of people who are wildly interested in the Civil War. If we get anything wrong, there is no doubt that we're going to hear from them.” PeopleIfsTryingWarFilmDoubtPeriodsHistoricalGenuineCivil WarNo DoubtAccurate Author:Nicholas Sparks
“Contemporary audiences, other than those making a deliberate historical leap, would find, say, the 1931 'Dracula' impossibly slow.” FilmAudienceHollywoodHistoricalContemporaryLeapDeliberate Author:Andrew Tudor
“One of the things I like about doing historical films is drawing the line between now and then.” FilmLinesHistoricalDrawingNow And ThenDrawing The Line Author:James Purefoy
“Actually, the only thing I regret is not making more underground films and bringing them with me as historical documents.” FilmRegretHistoricalDocumentsI Regret Author:Bahman Ghobadi
“For me, the challenge of a period film is that, unlike a contemporary film where the character can be very free-form when it comes to the acting, there's a burden to acting in a period film because you have to stay within the character's historical background and the gestures of certain periods.” CharacterFilmFormCertainChallengesActingPeriodsHistoricalBurdenBackgroundsContemporaryGestures Author:Donnie Yen