Freedom, dreams, historical inaccuracies and time in Mel Gibson's "Braveheart"

“Braveheart” is a historical adventure drama about strong people, titans, loners, who are able to withstand the pressure of the state machine. This is a story film of 1995 about the Scottish people’s fight for independence. The movie became the second directing work of Mel Gibson. Cinema has inherited several traits from its predecessors: literature and movies are connected on a story level, music is a complementary artistic element, theater share directing and acting, and “the language of the visually figurative imagery” links films with the fine arts. The main symbols and keynotes of "Braveheart" are freedom, dreams and a handkerchief with purple flowers. The principal approach is antithesis. The film was declared as a historical drama. Indeed, the core of the film consists of historical facts, but you can find a lot of inaccuracies marked by both critics and ordinary viewers. The movie narrates by not only the image but also the sound, which is called "audiovisual storytelling". James Horner’s music, with bagpipes as the leading instruments, helps to be wrapped up in the atmosphere of the film. Speaking about the film categories of time, there are three forms: physical, artistic and psychological. Psychological time, as a rule, does not coincide with the physical one. It can be either accelerated or, on the contrary, slowed down. In the case of the “Braveheart” film, the viewer cannot pull away from the screen, thus there is a feeling that the film is faster than three hours.