I was unaware that back when World War I was going on, there were movies made as propaganda for the war effort. It makes me wonder if people back then knew it was just propaganda, or if they truly thought it was just another movie coming out for them to enjoy. When thinking about Inquiry 2, this reading makes me think about the reasons films are made. For example, I am writing about Titanic for my Inquiry 2 paper, and it makes me wonder why the Titanic was even made. Why was it made in 1995? Why did the story need to be retold? What was the director/producer trying to get across to viewers? The Titanic, I believe, has not been redefined. I also do not think that it could ever be redefined. I think this because the film is based off of a true event, something that happened in the beginning of the 20th century. I do not think viewers of the Titanic are going to change as time goes in. What I mean by that is the audience of the Titanic are not going to changed their views on the crisis all together as generations pass.
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tracyre8 
I really like the connections you’re drawing between the reading and Titanic. I was thinking about Titanic this past weekend– specifically how it’s set a bar and become such a cultural touchstone. I saw an ad for the movie Pompeii which just came out on Friday. It follows a similar structure, I gather, as Titanic in that there’s a romance story being told on the backdrop of a major historical event (the erruption of Mt. Vesuvias). The ad says, “Not since Titanic has there been a movie like this.” It makes me think about the staying power Titanic has had and how other movies are often compared to it.