Brigadoon, Braveheart and the Scots

Recognising its problematic representation of 'Scotland', he nevertheless succumbs to Brigadoon's charm and artistry, but finds no such mitigating features in Braveheart. Tracing that film's appropriation by political, touristic and sporting figures, he argues that, far from being 'about' Scottish history, it is primarily 'about' Hollywood and its cinematic traditions. He looks at the way the film, given its narrative antecedents, necessarily distorts history, even providing a sinister appeal to the proto-fascist psyche."--Jacket.