ext_174150 ([identity profile] theblackmeat.livejournal.com) wrote on December 16th, 2009 at 06:34 am
A few errant thoughts:

I actually quite enjoyed Landa's eventual fate. When I first saw the whole swastika-on-the-forehead thing, I just thought, "Ehh, more torture-porn. Okay, great," but, for Landa, it was brilliant-- he could live, and he could profit greatly from hit deal, but he would never be able to become a hero-- he would suffer, and he would suffer because of the things he did wrong, not just because of poor circumstances. The disapproval of others would act like a surrogate conscience.

Also, I really liked the film's Goebbels. Goebbels is the only Nazi I'm particularly interested in, because he was such an unusual and self-contradictory character. While Hitler, for instance, was obviously blinded by all the sparkly rigamarole of the whole Nazi thing, Goebbels was clearly totally aware of what he was doing-- totally aware that he was spreading lies and killing innocent people, and unusually candid about it. But, at the same time, he obviously didn't see an issue with it. It's bizarre to think not only that such a person existed, but that they somehow were placed in the position of RUNNING A COUNTRY.
 
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