Looking away from real darkness
Some amongst us find that some words are used too easily. You know what I mean when I mention here only two: Fascist and Holocaust. Have you ever thought that the resurgence of those words and the commentary that they provoke does mean that we're already in a period where darkness is branded on our senses again?
That particular thought brings me to yet another movie which I don't want to view again on a lazy afternoon. It's not as bad as others, The Devil's Advocate included, but The Night Porter needs to be approached with a view to look at human nature honestly and history truthfully. France during the German occupation of World War Two with lots of resistance and few collaboration is false.
Likewise, even the most gentle of people long at times for the most strangest of things. It's something that is there, and abusing it and them is something out of the Devil's workbook alright. Despite that we're hearing people saying that there's no darkness around us now, can anyone explain to me that the latest Spielberg movie this year is yet another sci-fi thriller centered on an alien invasion and feels very much to me like it's about the rapture instead?
Some amongst us will argue that the movie The Night Porter is about the Stockholm Syndrome. Nah, don't kid yourselves like that either. There's much more in the movie as there's much more of the same nowadays in today's politics. Anyhow, here's Dirk Bogard talking about his movie and his experiences during the war entering Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. You'll notice that he talked with some seriousness about the return of darkness already more than fifty years ago
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That particular thought brings me to yet another movie which I don't want to view again on a lazy afternoon. It's not as bad as others, The Devil's Advocate included, but The Night Porter needs to be approached with a view to look at human nature honestly and history truthfully. France during the German occupation of World War Two with lots of resistance and few collaboration is false.
Likewise, even the most gentle of people long at times for the most strangest of things. It's something that is there, and abusing it and them is something out of the Devil's workbook alright. Despite that we're hearing people saying that there's no darkness around us now, can anyone explain to me that the latest Spielberg movie this year is yet another sci-fi thriller centered on an alien invasion and feels very much to me like it's about the rapture instead?
Some amongst us will argue that the movie The Night Porter is about the Stockholm Syndrome. Nah, don't kid yourselves like that either. There's much more in the movie as there's much more of the same nowadays in today's politics. Anyhow, here's Dirk Bogard talking about his movie and his experiences during the war entering Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. You'll notice that he talked with some seriousness about the return of darkness already more than fifty years ago
[media=https://youtu.be/z_5ASvPHZuU]
