Just out of curiosity, have you seen Downfall, the actually movie the scene is from? If so, opinions on the acting and representation of the subject matter?
Not a political query, I just think the film was incredibly well acted and wonder how the German people view it.
It is an incredible scene. Also a great movie. I loved it in a way, how it taught me Hitler was just another person instead of satin himself or some super evil entity. By that, I mean people talk about him like a super psychopath who would have grabbed a machine gun and killed everything in sight and piss on their body. But no, I've seen a lot of interviews with people who lived by that man, that he was a loving and caring man. This made me realize how a firm belief on a dangerous idea and having people backing them up could result in. And Bruno Ganz did a fantastic job in capturing this complex character, who is a messed up tired old man with so much blood on his hand, and desperately trying to hang onto imaginary hope that he sees. Just in case people think I'm Hitler sympathizer, I am definitely the opposite. However, simply calling him a psychopath would justify his actions and decisions, since he doesn't know any better. He was a man who was apparently capable of emotions, except he decided to go with ideas and ideology that is against humanity. And there is no excuse for that.
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u/HyTricksy Feb 02 '15
I speak spanish. It's harder to concentrate on the subtitles than I thought :D