“Shit happens”: Forrest Gump and historical consciousness

In 1994, Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis), the immensely popular film about a simpleton hero triumphing over (by ignoring) the vicissitudes of three decades of recent American history, was second only to Disney’s animated The Lion King at the box office.1 Indeed, that year it not only captured the he...

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Main Author: Vivian Sobchack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 1997-01-01
Series:Ilha do Desterro
Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/8431
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