The movie Saving Mr. Banks taught me something could technically be set during an historical time period, and include different sections of a MC's personal history. It also shows you can keep the essence of someone without being absolutely true to their life story.
Imagine if writers did this with American and French history, or even German history--or I wear birkenstocks with white socks history, or the history of the Japanese during imperialism.
History is more of a time line to me as someone who likes retro futurism, I never understood the point in stories limiting themselves to historical fiction. I mean as innovative as J.G. Ballard was, one of his last novels was in fact largely an autobiographical fiction of being British in China.
With slipstream combining elements of horror, the fantastical, science fiction, historical, elements of autobiography, and historical biography, the world literally is at your finger tips.
Saving Mr. Banks shows this can work, but also adding elements of childhood wonder and magic.
Good job Disney, one of few good movies you ever did.
I still want to listen to an uncut version of those P.L. Travers tapes.
Now lets go write some true crime stories that have a very Feeling Very Slipstream feel. My favorite for now is Boeglin.
https://splintercultgirl.wordpress.com/2016/07/30/feeling-very-slipstream-or-why-i-love-saving-mr-banks/
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