Tag: Evil
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Everlasting Iniquities of the Fathers: Haneke’s “The White Ribbon”
The White Ribbon is, as it is proclaimed at the beginning of the film: “A German’s Children Story”. It is narrated by the School Teacher who is now in his late years, and has presumably survived two World Wars. He says “I don’t know if the story I am about to tell you is entirely…
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In Bruno Ganz’s Words “In Memoriam: An Angel Embodying A Demon”
[On Hitler: Downfall (2004)] What people need is for Hitler to actually represent evil itself. But what is evil itself? That means nothing to me. I have to perform a living human being (…) We know how to judge Hitler. We don’t need another film that condemns him. We already know where we stand on…
Vigour of Film Lines 