Welcome to the World Cinema War Films group blog!
This blog consists of reviews and information about five foreign war films from the non-American perspective. Our group choose this topic after a discussion about how every war movie we have ever seen has been told from the victorious American, "GI Joe" angle. We hope that the variety of films and our insight will help you to understand a little bit more about this genre of film.
To navigate through the blog, click on the cover of the film on the left-hand side of the page and it will take you to all of the posts that relate to that particular film. Thanks for visiting!
Monday, April 27, 2009
Introduction
Every war consists of more than one perspective. The purpose of this blog is to reflect, critique, and explore foreign war films from the unfamiliar side. This too, will give viewers the opportunity to dissect films from a non-American standpoint. The information in this blog, will be generated from six college students currently enrolled in a World Cinema class. This particular class gives questions, strategies, and techniques on the proper way to view a film and and actively involves students in analyzing a wide variety of international films. We hope that this small insight to the international war film industry will help stimulate a more desirable interest.
Contributer Bios
My name is Steve Brohl, I'm from Almont, Michigan; however, I attend Malone University in Canton Ohio. I enjoy watching movies, playing football, hunting, golfing, riding dirtbikes, and hanging out with friends. I am the middle child in my family, I have an older brother and a younger sister. I am the son of James and Karen. My favorite film genre is war.
My name is Thomas Lawver and I am currently a sophomore at Malone University. I am majoring in Early Childhood Education and participate on the Malone mens basketball team. I enjoy hanging with friends, watching movies, and being out doors. I am the son of Ted and Michelle lawver who reside in Uniontown, Ohio.
My name is Sam Craciun, I am currently a freshman at Malone University. I am majoring in Business Administration and play on the baseball team. I love the outdoors, when I am not playing baseball I spend my time hunting, fishing, and four wheeling. I am son of Joe and Kay Craciun. I live in Strongsville, Ohio.
My name is Mark Zimmerman, I am a junior at Malone University majoring in Business Administration and minoring in Marketing. I am a member of the Men's Golf Team. When not in the classroom or on the golf course, I enjoy hunting, fishing, and working on my truck. I am from Canton, Ohio and live with my parents, Lee and Cathy.
My name is Ben Smith, I am a junior at Malone University majoring in Middle Childhood Education. I am from Carrollton, Ohio, but live on campus in Heritage Hall. I am a member of the Malone University Golf Team. I love to play basketball and hang out with friends. I am the son of Rick and Joy Smith.
My name is John Campbell and I am a senior at Malone University. I am majoring in computer science and am originally from Dublin, Ohio, where my parents Greg and Dawn live. When I'm not in class I spend a lot of time avoiding work, hanging out with friends, and watching too many movies.
My name is Thomas Lawver and I am currently a sophomore at Malone University. I am majoring in Early Childhood Education and participate on the Malone mens basketball team. I enjoy hanging with friends, watching movies, and being out doors. I am the son of Ted and Michelle lawver who reside in Uniontown, Ohio.
My name is Sam Craciun, I am currently a freshman at Malone University. I am majoring in Business Administration and play on the baseball team. I love the outdoors, when I am not playing baseball I spend my time hunting, fishing, and four wheeling. I am son of Joe and Kay Craciun. I live in Strongsville, Ohio.
My name is Mark Zimmerman, I am a junior at Malone University majoring in Business Administration and minoring in Marketing. I am a member of the Men's Golf Team. When not in the classroom or on the golf course, I enjoy hunting, fishing, and working on my truck. I am from Canton, Ohio and live with my parents, Lee and Cathy.
My name is Ben Smith, I am a junior at Malone University majoring in Middle Childhood Education. I am from Carrollton, Ohio, but live on campus in Heritage Hall. I am a member of the Malone University Golf Team. I love to play basketball and hang out with friends. I am the son of Rick and Joy Smith.
My name is John Campbell and I am a senior at Malone University. I am majoring in computer science and am originally from Dublin, Ohio, where my parents Greg and Dawn live. When I'm not in class I spend a lot of time avoiding work, hanging out with friends, and watching too many movies.
Film List
· Army of Shadows – Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, French, 1969
· Stalingrad – Directed by Joseph Vilsmaier, German, 1993
· Triumph of the Will – Directed by Leni Riefenstahl, German, 1935
· The Battleship Potemkin – Directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1925
· Der Untergang – Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004
We chose these particular films because we were interested in how war was portrayed from the non-American perspective. The majority of war films depict the story of a victorious American combat effort; therefore, our group wanted to explore others viewpoints about war. All these films are war movies about World War II from the non-American side.
· Stalingrad – Directed by Joseph Vilsmaier, German, 1993
· Triumph of the Will – Directed by Leni Riefenstahl, German, 1935
· The Battleship Potemkin – Directed by Sergei M. Eisenstein, 1925
· Der Untergang – Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004
We chose these particular films because we were interested in how war was portrayed from the non-American perspective. The majority of war films depict the story of a victorious American combat effort; therefore, our group wanted to explore others viewpoints about war. All these films are war movies about World War II from the non-American side.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Miscellaneous items for Der Untergang
Bruno Ganz spent a lot of time preparing for this film. He went to hospitals to study patients with Parkinson's disease and he spent time with another actor to get the unusual accent of Hitler down.
A scene from this film was used to poke fun at the Nashville gas crisis of 2008.
Magda Goebbels' character had problems holding her composure during the scene where her children were given sleeping medicine before being poisoned. The scene had to be re-shot several times due to the hysterical actor.
Steve
A scene from this film was used to poke fun at the Nashville gas crisis of 2008.
Magda Goebbels' character had problems holding her composure during the scene where her children were given sleeping medicine before being poisoned. The scene had to be re-shot several times due to the hysterical actor.
Steve
Der Untergang
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel was born on December 29, 1957 in Hamburg Germany. At a young age Hirschbiegel learned that school was not for him. He dropped out of high school and became a cook on a boat. He later decided to get back into school and went to the Academy of arts in Hamburg where he began cecoming familiar with photography and video. His first movie ever was “Das Experiment” in 2001. In 2004 hid most successful movie was “Down Fall”, his third film.
Actor: Bruno Ganz played the role of Adolf Hitler, he was born March 22, 1941 in Switzerland. Ganz has one son name Daniel who is thirty seven years old. Ganz currently resides in Venice and Berlin. Ganz was named the actor of the year in 1973.
Actress: Alexandra Maria Lara was born on November 12, 1978 in Romania. She did not live in Romania for long because in 1982 her and her parents moved to Germany. Germany is where she began to study acting at the French High School. She has a special friend named Sam Riley who helps with the sets and acts as well..
Posted by Tom Lawver
Actor: Bruno Ganz played the role of Adolf Hitler, he was born March 22, 1941 in Switzerland. Ganz has one son name Daniel who is thirty seven years old. Ganz currently resides in Venice and Berlin. Ganz was named the actor of the year in 1973.
Actress: Alexandra Maria Lara was born on November 12, 1978 in Romania. She did not live in Romania for long because in 1982 her and her parents moved to Germany. Germany is where she began to study acting at the French High School. She has a special friend named Sam Riley who helps with the sets and acts as well..
Posted by Tom Lawver
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