Talk:Period piece

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Made some changes to the definition since it is fairly nuanced and tricky depending how it's used. Blooms usage for example applies the objective definition #2 about prior eras to his opinion of how future eras will view works published in our own era. One can't easily call a work of art published in our own era a "period piece" without the label having a high degree of subjectivity. However one can label a work from prior eras a period piece with a lot more certainty and objective measurement.

Also regarding this section which I moved here:

When used in the context of cinema, "period" refers to a picture that is set in a past time. Examples would be such diverse films as Gladiator, Quo Vadis, and Ben Hur (Classical Rome) or Al Capone, The Untouchables, and Road to Perdition (Prohibition-era). Generally, a period film will make efforts to accurately reflect the time period in which it occurs, as opposed to works such as the Western, sword and sandal, or some Kung Fu Movies which are set in times long past but merely use this device as a backdrop. Seven Samurai could be considered a period film, while a Jackie Chan film taking place in medieval China would likely not be. Most John Wayne movies are considered Westerns, but The Alamo is a period film.

This is just a re-hash of the first definition and so much trivia - why movies, we could do the same with any dozens of art forms and make a lengthy list of "examples". It doesn't add anything to the article and encourages adding trivia for everyones favorite historical film. -- 71.191.47.120 03:39, 29 October 2007 (UTC)