A good Nazi. It sounds like an oxymoron, but only if you take the Hollywoodized definition of what a “Nazi” is. The kind of portrayal that reduces historical complexity to simplistic archetypes. And yet, films like Cross of Iron (1977), by Sam Peckinpah, remind us of a different perspective—one that embraces the uncomfortable realities of the German army during World War II. Far from being uniformly monstrous, many German soldiers were just men: scared, homesick, and caught in the machinery…
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While at War 2019
There is cinema for fun, to relax, to feel, or to suffer. And there is necessary cinema, like “Mientras dure la guerra”, which in English translates to As Long as the War lasts, a direct quote from Francisco Franco showcased in the film.
While at War is necessary in an era when the past is forgotten, with the temptation to rewrite it differently by some in our society.
It is not easy to portray the beginning of the Spanish Civil…
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Agenda: Grinding America Down 2010
This is a classic example of Americentrism and fearmongering. It’s pathetic.
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The White Ribbon 2009
It is often said of Haneke that he is a surgeon who dissects the evils of modern society and yet there is no more mistaken appreciation: since a surgeon opens the body and examines it so that once the causes of evil have been determined, proceed to extirpate the corrupted flesh in the process of healing the patient. And yet what is done in "The White Ribbon" is not an operation. It's an exhumation followed by an autopsy.
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