At 9:30 AM -0400 4/22/06, Gail & Scott Finke wrote:
Sharon wrote:
> No, the other Mel Gibson Scottish film.
I always thought The Film Whose Name Shall Not Be Uttered was the one with
the title ending "Prince of Thieves."
Around here, anyway.
Sorry if I caused any palpitations by writing even that much of it--
I have always used (and many others have picked it up) "That Film
Whose Name Shall Not Be Uttered" (aka TFWNSNBU) for Mel Gibson's 1996
film supposedly about William Wallace. It does not surprise me, given
that it is a fairly obvious joke, that others use a similar phrase
for other films they find particularly objectionable for one reason
or another.
(I'm a trained Scottish historian, which is why TFWNSNBU gained that
designation from me -- not so much due to the film being inaccurate
as due to all the people who believe what they see in the film, and,
even worse, tell others what they "know" about Scottish history based
on what they saw in the film, usually without mentioning their source
of "historical" information was a movie, etc.. The film has made
necessary a lot of unteaching, which is annoying for many reasons,
including that teaching is much more enjoyable than unteaching...)
Sharon
PS For those who still aren't sure what film I am referring to by
"That Film Whose Name Shall Not Be Uttered", the actual title is
uttered on the web page I mentioned before:
<http://MedievalScotland.org/scotbiblio/braveheart.shtml>
--
Sharon Krossa, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Resources for Scottish history, names, clothing, language & more:
Medieval Scotland - http://MedievalScotland.org/
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