Author Archives: up955535

“Good Bye Lenin!” by Wolfgang Becker is one of the most successful German films of all time. It tells the story of reunification of West and East Germany, but also comes back in time a little and reflects about the past of the country. Today, I will be talking about “Good Bye Lenin!” and howContinue reading “How does Contemporary German Film portray the past?”

In this post, I am going to talk about a film “La mala educacion” written and directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The film is focused mainly on the problem of paedophilia in Catholic church. “Topically, the film coincides with public outcry over a growing number of molestation cases reported against Catholic clergy(…)” (Saenz, 2013, p.251) AlthoughContinue reading “Why does Almodóvar present a controversially symphatetic representation of a paedophile priest?”

The “Decalogue” is a ten part series directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski. It is loosely inspired by the Ten Commandmends. “Decalogue 1” is based on the first commandment “You shall have no other Gods before me”.  From the beginning, we can see how big impact the Catholicism has in here. Our main character’s father, is notContinue reading ““Decalogue”- Communism or Catholicism?”

In this post, I will try to prove that German Expressionism in a film “Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” is more reliant on theatrical traditions and representations, rather than being purely cinematic form of expressionism.  When I was watching “Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” for the first time, I’ve noticed the gloomy atmosphere that was achieved byContinue reading “GERMAN EXPRESSIONISM: CINEMA OR THEATRE?”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”