14 janeiro, 2023

Numa sala perto de mim #439

The Lost King (2022) tells the story of the search for the grave of Richard III and the revision of history it entailed. Three notes:

(1) the image we have of past kings is either that which they wanted us to have and that they hired painters/chroniclers to leave for posterity; or that which their enemies wanted us to have, in the event they fell in disgrace, or were on the losing side of a conflict. In that case painters/chroniclers would write demonizing and derogatory accounts that may or may not bear any resemblance with reality.

(2) the movie shows the joys and hurdles the researcher goes through in search of the objective that can seem so elusively close or so discouragingly far at different points in time.

(3) the publicity act that research sponsors care for, much more than the scientific purpose of the project.

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