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I thoroughly enjoy many films which have no pretensions to

Posted by tinear (A) on January 26, 2009 at 17:35:28

In Reply to: I'm not sure I know how to answer your questions posted by EBerlin on January 26, 2009 at 17:08:48:

art or which treat serious topics; this film, obviously, has both goals.
The horror of the "Jewish question" is not that Germans were "illiterate" but that very ordinary people became so calloused, fearful, and insensitive that they willingly either allowed mass murder to occur or actively to participate. It must be noted that the Germans aren't alone in this century. Russians, Chinese, Chileans, Argentinians, Cambodians, Turks, and assorted African peoples all have participated in mass killings over prolonged periods of time--- of their own fellow citizens. I think it fair to say there is something in human nature which makes this possible and possibly inevitable once several factors come into play. This film offered no answers, didn't ask the correct questions, and even misled.
I think it also fails as art because it must be true, at least to its own world.
Now that I think a bit more about the Fiennes character, it seems quite ridiculous, too. Take all the time to record, over many years, and eschew any meeting or closeness? A nice melodramatic touch but utterly divorced from any possible reality.

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