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In Reply to: :Downfall" - the Hitler's final days posted by Victor Khomenko on August 28, 2005 at 12:45:56:
the secretary wanted to make him one-dimensional or if the director did. But the fact is, this portrait shows nothing new about him.
Of course, to humanize the man would be too scary: we like our monsters to be kept a safe distance from the rest of us. Unfortunately, for film's sake, it also makes for a very trite portrayal: what you are left with is what you always have known, and become comfortable with.
It's strange that the secretary was so insignificant in it: it was based on her recollections. Did she distance herself for "guilt"purposes?
Not a terrible effort, certainly, but Hitler is the reason one wanted to see the film and curiously his part is under-written.
A man doesn't lead as he did, and inspire such crazed loyalty, and "act" the way Ganz did. Again, by making him seem so distant and un-charismatic (to make him seem less "appealing") the viewer is left with... an unreasonable vacuum.
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Follow Ups
- A very phony portrait of the man: I don't know if - tinear 17:56:05 08/29/05 (1)
- Re: A very phony portrait of the man: I don't know if - jamesgarvin 16:11:55 08/30/05 (0)
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