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Visualizations that show how true "based on a true story" movies are
- oatsandsugar 1y agoTrue: Selma, The Big Short, Bridge of Spies Not True: Imitation Game, Hacksaw Ridge, American Sniper
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- Rendello 1y agoI'd like to see Catch Me If You Can. Frank Abignale's stories apparently all fall apart under investigation, meaning his whole story and career where a hoax. I can't even be upset, his whole shtick was being a great imposter in the first place! https://whyy.org/segments/the-greatest-hoax-on-earth/ https://whyy.org/segments/the-greatest-hoax-on-earth/
- chrismcb 1y agoWhy is this a link to a link? Why not just link the original?
- oatsandsugar 1y agoThanks! Should have linked the link!
- WalterGR 1y agoActual URL: https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/based-on-a-true-true-story/ https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/based-on-a...
- dang 1y agoOk, we've changed to that from https://kottke.org/25/05/0046769-a-series-of-info-visualiz https://kottke.org/25/05/0046769-a-series-of-info-visualiz above. Thanks!
- valbaca 1y agoSave you a click-through: https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/based-on-a-true-true-story/ https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/based-on-a...
- jsheard 1y agoThey missed a trick by not putting Fargo on there.
- cadamsdotcom 1y ago@dang any chance of an update to the link this goes to? Big fan of Kottke and his work but this time there's not much value add.
- dang 1y agoYep: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43875940 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43875940. Thanks!