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Rachel
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The author grappling with the history of scholarship around entertainment films produced in Nazi era Germany, and how to move forward in a less restrictive fashion, sums up the intro.
The most fascinating thing for me--as someone with prior knowledge in this area--is that one of the directors operating in the Nazi run industry was named E.W. Emo.
...Seriously, he's listed on Wikipedia.
— Jun 13, 2024 09:38AM
The most fascinating thing for me--as someone with prior knowledge in this area--is that one of the directors operating in the Nazi run industry was named E.W. Emo.
...Seriously, he's listed on Wikipedia.
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Rachel
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I need to reread the last few pages because I was falling asleep and need to verify if the author was being an aesthetic apologist for the director who made multiple films that are still banned in Germany to this day.
— Jul 03, 2024 07:08AM
Rachel
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Hoping that Rentschler has the sense to flat out point out that part of why the Nazis got away with the Holocaust was a preexisting history of antisemitism throughout Europe before the end of this chapter. I kind of wish he had brought that up when discussing a French review of "Jud Süß", but maybe he'll get there.
— Jul 01, 2024 09:05AM
Rachel
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A theme has developed of post-war critics labeling not explicitly pro Nazi films as "subversive" to try to clear them of association with that regime. The author keeps collapsing these theories under the weight of contemporary reception and the actors and filmmakers' relationship to the Nazi party.
— Jun 27, 2024 05:45AM
Rachel
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I wonder if or how much Hitler Youth Quex influenced Jojo Rabbit.
— Jun 19, 2024 09:17PM
Rachel
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It disappoints me that academics don't call out Leni Riefenstahl for what she is: a morally messy opportunist who happened to have artistic skill.
Are there other books on Nazi era cinema that take the angle that for some creatives operating in Hitler's Germany they were seizing an opportunity that wouldn't have happened otherwise or in another country? Do I need to write one myself?
— Jun 14, 2024 10:39AM
Are there other books on Nazi era cinema that take the angle that for some creatives operating in Hitler's Germany they were seizing an opportunity that wouldn't have happened otherwise or in another country? Do I need to write one myself?