I can't recall whether I selected this film for a previous prompt, but in cae I didn't, my first choice would easily be this magnificent work by Terrence Malick based on the Pocahontas legend:
The commonest comment one hears from viewers who didn't care for the film was that it "wasn't historically accurate", by which they mean that the whole story about Pocahontas and Smith is largely mythical, and that's almost certainly true. They missed the point. I remember loaning the DVD to my former boss (at the audio store) and explaining in advance that Pocahontas and Smith are metaphors for how one deals with change when it's forced upon one, not literal depictions of a historical romance.
Now, as a backup in case I did recc The New World before, another worthy effort in historical semi-fiction would be:
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Date: 2020-09-25 02:53 pm (UTC)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2LdlqW26zc&list=PLDUrLxvJbYib32Ab64c8EuM7rctuvibla
The commonest comment one hears from viewers who didn't care for the film was that it "wasn't historically accurate", by which they mean that the whole story about Pocahontas and Smith is largely mythical, and that's almost certainly true. They missed the point. I remember loaning the DVD to my former boss (at the audio store) and explaining in advance that Pocahontas and Smith are metaphors for how one deals with change when it's forced upon one, not literal depictions of a historical romance.
Now, as a backup in case I did recc The New World before, another worthy effort in historical semi-fiction would be:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIpC0GbSuWg
Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine, directed by Philip Kaufman, with Rush playing the Marquis de Sade...
... say no more!