Theatrical Adaptation

I Hope This History Never Repeats Itself - Lauren's 9th Meditation

I’ve always been morbidly fascinated with the Great Depression. I’ve never been able to understand it, but I’ve always been interested in it. Maybe because I feel like it’s something that I know I will probably never witness – this really is something I’ll only learn about in history books.
I was very impressed with Cradle Will Rock. Like we were talking about in class, many historically based movies downplay the actual history they’re telling. I did not find that true with Cradle Will Rock. Especially after reading the book experts we got from Kirk, it seems like Robbins and company went to extra lengths to make the movie, but make it pretty accurate as well.
I realize this is a true story, but many times true stories can become completely different stories when the go form history to the screen. I think that the resources Robbins and company had played a huge part in helping make this movie as exact and realistic as possible. The autobiographies and biographies gave them something concrete to work with, and perspectives of the same situation seen from different eyes. They also had a few people who could still recollect what had happened during this huge point in American history. All of these mostly first hand accounts were talked about in the book, so I assume they were used in the construction of the movie as well.
I thoroughly enjoyed Cradle Will Rock and the stories behind it. I wish more historically based movies took this much care with the real story that they’re

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