Episode 123

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23rd Jun 2025

The Most Clever Uses of Real News Footage in Fiction

🎙️ What if your favorite movies weren’t just recreating history—but remixing it?

In this episode of A.J. Chat, we dive into the most clever, chilling, and emotional uses of real news footage in fictional stories—from Forrest Gump and JFK to I, Tonya and United 93. These aren’t reenactments. They’re real headlines, real broadcasts, and real emotion layered into storytelling that hits harder than CGI ever could.

🎬 You’ll hear how filmmakers blended fact and fiction so seamlessly, it started to feel like memory.


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