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Lawless (2012)
Typical stereotypes portrayed
Stereotype of hillbillies running and drinking moonshine. Here are some points where the film maker should have done his homework.
1. If there are Amish in Franklin Cty. then they probably speak Pennsylvania German/Pennsylvanisch, not English, with each other. Also, they chant in German, not English. The film that got this all more or less right is 'Witness', where local Mennonites were hired to speak their language in the roles. 2. Changing the carburetor on a Model A or T will not hop it up, much more was needed. 3. Moonshiners with enough money to have a restaurant/bar probably would not paper a bedroom wall with old newspaper. Or with new newspaper, for that matter. 4. Was the 'agent' an agent or a mafioso? 5. A man whose throat is slit generally dies pretty fast. In the film the guy survived. 6. The English spoken was not hillbilly English. Hillbilly English stems from an old Scottish dialect. The region was populated mainly by Germans and Scots, some English and French, the Scots determined the language.
The film was depressing and gruesome beyond redemption.
Donna Leon: Vendetta (2000)
Donna Leon films
I've read all of the Commisario Brunettio books and have seen several Donna Leon films in German. I know Venice well, have visited there 2x and spent a cold Feb. week there the lat time, living on Lido and buying unique vegetables and a bottle of wine at a local market at the end of each day. We were there with our two small sons and rode the Vaporetti to rest our feet. I know the flavor of Venice, and I know the flavor of Venice that's presented in Donna Leon's books. I can tell you that the German actors in her films play the Italian roles exceedingly convincingly. Those films give the real flavor of life in Venice, and of the Comissario and his family.