Ruined empire

Edwin 2022-03-20 09:01:16

Politically speaking, this film is a very sincere film for Germany and the other two production countries, Italy and Austria. Filmmakers outside of Germany are always eager for Hitler’s subject matter, but they do not have enough materials and the serious cultivation of the Germans themselves. These people always mention Hitler’s Nazis insinuatingly, even if there is a lot of Hitler’s drama, for Westerners with aspirations and worsening fascism will also subconsciously submit to subjective shooting, which will make the German people feel silent and add fuel to these fabricators.
But in terms of factual shooting, the war scenes are not attracting attention, but the Germans can always give a good grasp of the details on the basis of serious work, although her war scenes are not as good as the vision on the poster in "The Pianist" The ruined Hongda is restored to the dilapidated state, but many of its dilapidated scenes also appear to be patchy in detail.
The same is true for photography. The grasp of the long-range effect seems ordinary, but for the close-up and close-up shooting, it is not new. For example, it shoots a close-up of the front wheel of a military vehicle when it is started.
As far as Hitler himself is concerned, my opinion is skeptical. Let’s talk about the background behind Hitler’s shoulder-shouldered walking. It always reminds him of his trembling left finger. From the beginning to the end, I couldn’t figure out what he was talking about. It was to show that Alzheimer’s still had Parkinson’s disease, but maybe the director was. In order to set off his madness or nervousness, but he did not achieve this effect; even if Hitler himself has this detail problem, the director prompts once or twice is enough, why have to remind again and again , Are the audience idiots? In addition, the camera position does not move when shooting this shot. The director can change the camera position if he wants that scene. No matter the special effects, the audience will be aesthetically tired due to the continuous single cycle. And for the scene of Hitler’s hysteria during the meeting, many people said that it was a restoration of the scene at the time, and I have no objection, but blindly emphasizing his hysteria, and people who don’t know Hitler just don’t believe him. It was the war madman who almost annexed the whole of Europe and the Soviet Union.

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Extended Reading
  • Wendell 2022-01-25 08:03:17

    Sure enough, I cried again. Uncut version. Shocking collective suicide. The ultimate madness of humanity. Himmler's line is a little bit fascinating. After reading it, Dunkirk of Nolan is even more looking forward to Nolan's Dunkirk. Hitler said that the best soldiers should be killed in battle. With Dunkirk, Churchill’s ability to bend and stretch is in stark contrast with the heads of state’s desperate effort. Personality determines success or failure

  • Vanessa 2022-03-22 09:01:16

    The value of this film is to tell the audience that Hitler is also a human being, one of us. We cannot choose him like a vegetable, saying that he is an unprecedented demon, and choosing him is not reflection but escape. What we should think about is, why would a person commit such a heinous crime? Has the next Hitler appeared between you and me?

Downfall quotes

  • Helmut Goebbels: [after hearing Hitler shot himself] Bullseye!

  • SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein: Convince him that we need to leave Berlin, Eva!

    [a shocked and mildly horrified reaction from Eva]

    SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein: ...Or come with me.

    [Eva begins to walk away as if she has not heard him. Fegelein grabs her arm]

    SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein: Eva! You're going to die!