"Europa" ("Zentropa")
Director: Lars von Trier
117 minutes
Screenwriters: Lars von Trier/Niels Vorsel The
train moves on the rails...time and space shift...it seems...the rings of history go forward or backward ?
...[patriotic/ethnic] deconstruction or reorganization (construction) of myth (nightmare)?
Some expressionist techniques in the film:
image superimposition: the stare of the hero/the train passing by, the
hero/heroine at the (train) window Front/Image of the Hanged Woman (Wolfman),
Male Lead/WERWOLF(Word), Little Boy Opening Ceiling/Ravenstein Head,
Max Hartmann/Words of Questionnaire, Male Lead/Railway, Male Lead Meditating/Female Feature,
Male The protagonist holds the phone/the heroine holds the phone, the male protagonist/stars in the sky, the bomb timer/the male protagonist runs, the
male protagonist holds a gun/the male protagonist's eyes (with glasses), the
male protagonist's body/the train (in German history) Controversial features, etc...
Leopold Kessler
[Jean-Marc Barr;
one of the leading men in 1988's The Big Blue: The Man Who Follows the Dolphin]
is a naive idealist (father, because World War II, taking refuge in the US from Germany)...the
film begins with
a narration by a male [Max von Sydow
] Hypnotize [Hypnotize]
Time
---> [count to 10] (1, 2, ... , 10) [October 1945/Frankfurt, Germany]
Male lead (from New York, USA) appeared in 'Europa'...
--- Enter Working in 'Zentropa' (conductor of the sleeper car)...
'Zentropa' staff: The actor's uncle [played by Ernst-Hugo Jaeregard] is always beside...
Mirror...
cloth 'screen'...
'symbol ' : 'Extra Large' Scale --- Measure the 'Weight' of the Male Lead (naked), the '
Ubiquitous' US Military Police (MP),
the 'Indistinguishable' 'Go' or 'Return' (Train-- -Myth [United (Third) Reich/Germany]
---> Divided West/East Germany)
The film's main tone is black and white,
however, when the heroine
Katharina Hartmann [played by Barbara Sukowa]
appears in the train (first-class sleeper car) #2306)
also appeared briefly in color shades...
Next... The 'Hanged' 'WerWolf' (a werewolf) related to one of the film's themes appears 'Outside the Window
' ...
Hypnosis Time --->[Count to 3] (1, 2, 3) [October 1945/Frankfurt, Germany]
The male protagonist is about to attend a dinner invited by the boss of the 'Zentropa' enterprise (founded in 1912) [the heroine's father]...
Two boys (excuse to go to Koeln) 'Kang' on the train kill the incoming The Lord's Coalition Appointment) Frankfurt
Mayor Ravenstein husband/wife [Holger Perfort/Anne Werner Thomsen]...
Hypnosis
time
--->[count to 10] (1, 2, ... , 10) [1945 October/Frankfurt, Germany]
The actor attends a dance invited by Max Hartmann [played by Jorgen Reenberg]...
For money, Max Hartmann can do anything against his conscience (eg: transporting Jews to concentration camps) or 'harmful' to Germany (helping America Military/intelligence 'monitoring' Germany/Europe)...
Director Lars von Trier appears as a 'Jew' willing to testify for Max Hartmann...
Max Hartmann commits suicide in the bathroom...
colorful tones ( Especially "Blood" Red) also appeared briefly...
Hypnosis
Time
---> (1,2,3) [Christmas Eve 1945/German Munich]
The hero meets the transferred priest [played by Erik Mork]... The
male protagonist hesitates...at first...to save the heroine (wife): decides to detonate the train...after jumping off the train...
after the hypnotic narration 'reminds'...jumping on the train again.. .pause (timed) detonation...
but, in the continuation time...from his (arrested by the US military) wife, uncle, all the way to the train passengers, etc...no heed his 'kindness'...
The heroine once wrote a black letter attacking the 'speculative' businessman's father...the heroine also sympathized with WerWolf...
Finally (the movie progresses to around the 95th minute)...Leopold Kessler
has a mental breakdown...Robs the US military police ( MP)'s gun...detonates pre-prepared explosives...
hypnosis
time
---> (1, 2, ... , 10) The hero is about to drown in the sinking train car...
hypnotic voice-over Medium (can not help but make the viewer doubt)...is it a fantasy?...is a legend?...is a myth?
......
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Background of the movie:
World War II ( Continental Battlefield) before/after...
'Zentropa'
dual (historical/original sin) roles: transporting Jews to concentration camps; American soldiers in first class;
executed (hanged) German 'wolves' [Love (German)] ... Relative to
the 'helplessness' of the identity/blood of [Love (US) country]:
Germany---US "===" Jews---underground guerrillas [Rebel Army] (WerWolf) || Pro-US/ Anti-American
extension association:
Japan---American "===" Chinese/South Korean [North Korean] people---underground guerrilla [Rebel] || Pro-American/anti-American
---
strong || weak 〈---〉 God [God] || believers
〈---〉Victory (Conquest)/Failure|| Ideal
Empire (Germany/Third) ---> American (USA) military/intelligence personnel take over
"security" ---> German-American, German-Jewish , German (non-Jewish), American (non-Jewish)
train---(Observation of Humanity) Journey---The 'Life' of a marginal person (neither pro-American (country) nor pro-German (country)) With 'Death'--- Legend Watched on February 10
, 2013 (Traditional Chinese subtitles)
Finished on February 12, 2013 -------------- Jean-Marc Barr as Leopold Kessler Barbara Sukowa as Katharina Hartmann Udo Kier as Lawrence Hartmann Ernst-Hugo Jaeregard as Uncle Kessler Erik Mork as Pater Jorgen Reenberg as Max Hartmann Henning Jensen (actor) as Siggy
Eddie Constantine as Colonel Harris
Max von Sydow as Narrator
Benny Poulsen as Steeleman
Erno Mueller as Seifert
Dietrich Kuhlbrodt as Inspector
Michael Phillip Simpson as Robins
Holger Perfort as Mr. Ravenstein
Anne Werner Thomsen as Mrs. Ravenstein
Baard Owe as Man With Papers
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