Matt Giwer, a well-known Revisionist Internet activist, sent me the following film review, courtesy of Pravda. His comment: "There appears appears to be Isvestia in Pravda these days." Revisionism seen through Russia's eyes and tinted with a bit of Russian grammar - skipped articles, that is.
See for yourself:
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"PEARL HARBOUR": 118 ROUGH MISTAKES COUNTED BY HISTORIANS IN THIS FILM
New American hit "Pearl Harbour" has reached the screens of United Kingdom. It is a very expensive film: 135 million dollars spen(t) for production, not taking into account advertising costs.
Though there is one more record established by this film on the field of political correctness: some historical events are missed or disfigured in this "historical" film from the World War II time.
Before the distribution of the film, people in Japan and Japanese community in the USA was afraid that the film could stimulate anti-Japanese opinions in United States and arouse memory about the past. And they really had reasons to be afraid.
The Japanese, who were Germany's allies in the World War II, invaded into China and intended to conquer the Pacific, are presented in the film as strategy geniuses and high- minded knights. Probably first of all, film's producers have thought about political correctness and about Japanese movie market, which brings about 30 million dollars every year.
So, admiral Yamamoto, who had conceived and realized the attack of Pearl Harbour, is pictured as a peace fighter. According to Ben Affleck, playing the main character, the Japanese just thought to be threatened by United States and did what they supposed to be necessary. Therefore the producers had to be justice to every side of the conflict, BBC reports.
Towards Americans, the film is also politically correct. The poliomyelitis diseased president Roosvelt is pictured as a kind of saint, who rises from the wheelchair only to set an example of determination for his generals. Ship's cook Doris Miller evinces as a hero, shoots down two Japanese planes, though the real Doris Miller, who had really served on the battle ship West Virginia never did it, so as the other members of the crew.
It is interesting that many characters of the film, fighter pilots, have some special defects (for example, with speech), which would prevent from military service, not speaking about fighting aircraft. Though one third of the whole Japanese aircraft attacking Pearl Harbour is shot down by such heros.
There are too many mistakes in the film, and most of them are intentional. The park service of Pearl Harbour, that is looking for war monuments, noticed 118 rough falsifications and asked to eliminate them. Nothing was done. No wonder that the film is regarded as Hirohito's Japan popularization.
For other Pravda articles, go to http://english.pravda.ru/
Thought for the Day:
"The Park Service as a Revisionist movie critic? And I thought I had heard everything!"
(Ernst Zündel - with a wide smile)