Downfall

as good and as non on the nose as a film entirely about hitler can be or at least, that i've seen. i think it generally portrays hitler as the personality we think of. childish, loud and arrogant but the more interesting parts of the film is the people around him. its like placing a smiling friend character in a room full of people from the "real world" as i say with quoteation marks as the other people are still all nazi's but the fascistic themes are really funny because THEY eventually can't subscribe to ideas of hitler more and more.

like a lot of films from the 2000s, it has harsh shadows with minimal colors or at least, minimal saturation but at least here it works due to the subject matter and i think the decision to begin this film in the losing years of hitler is the best choice they made because omg, i can't take much war in a war film anymore, the well is dry but downfall is interesting all be it, sometimes one note but i think the fascistic believe that nobody is safe from it is a factual and interesting topic while never giving a lot of sympathy for anyone. i would say tho, even if i think they are on the same level....salo is a somewhat more interesting discussion of facist regime even if it is way to unsubtle about it but hey, downfall is about hitler so who am i to say what is unsubtle?

downfall is way longer then it should be and i do get tired after the millionth hitler rant and i do think some of its character is disposable, my god is bruno ganz great in this.

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