Spielberg has finally assumed his long-sought for position as the foremost U.S. Reverse shot of the negotiators entering their carriage since they have accepted their lack of options. Southern negotiator flinches when he sees that he is to be escorted by African American soldiers.Īfrican American officers are prepared to escort Southern peace negotiators. Spielberg is slowly building to the heroic reveal of Lincoln even as the script shows him waffling on such issues as equal pay for Black and White soldiers. The camera draws back to reveal Lincoln from behind the shoulder. This opening shot of the scene starts with a tight two shot of the two soldiers. In contrast to the previous images that refer to actual historical reality, this scene of Lincoln speaking to two African-American enlisted men is an obvious imaginary scene. The glass frame actually exists and therefore this is an indexical reference to the reality of the horror of slavery (although I will assume that this photo is a studio replica). Tad Lincoln (Gulliver McGrath) is looking at the famous photograph of a scarred slave taken by Alexander Gardiner before the Civil War. Spielberg makes sure to include his character in just about every visual shot of Grant (Jared Harris). Ely Parker (Asa-Luke Twocrow) on the left, was an actual Native American member of Gen. "Lincoln": shared myths in a revisionist age by Frederick Wasser JUMP CUTĬol.
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