Will movies withhold the same historic weight as paintings of

>>3171574
No doubt. However, I think that if Hollywood movies survive, then probably there will be a lot of nonfiction that survives too - including small-scale personal stuff like home videos. My guess is that historians would prefer to use that rather than fiction.

>>3171877
that's kind of a dubious hope, anon. historians today still use texts written to flatter emperors. and sure, there's source criticism, but that doesn't mean that household archaeology and things are woven very well into historians' grand narratives about especially classical civilizations around the Mediterranean

>>3171574

no, movies as an art form are seen as fiction from the start. Paitings cant really tell a narrative like a film either. I think people may look at movies to gain some insight on how it was back then, but I doubt anyone will see training day as an accurate historical document

>>3171574
>discern how we lived and how life was actually like in the post modern era USA?
In all honesty videogames would be the better avenue to garner insight into our times. Grand Theft Auto in particular. Sounds silly saying it, but it's true.

>>3171899
>implying analysis of ancient art wasn't one of the core parts of antiquarian history for centuries before developing into modern art history and helping us to discern past peoples' ideologies and ways of life
human creations don't have to be factual to help us understand the people who made them. fuck, we've learned more about our ancient ancient past by the way people hit rocks together or just passively grew teeth and shit than from all the factual written sources ever made