The Film Thread

[Templeton Peck]

Nuremberg. A decent account of Göring's relationship with Kelley. However, there are some powerful messages from the movie that resonate today;

Charismatic leaders and their narratives can seize power and manipulate people into creating scapegoats. The ease with which fascism can re-emerge is a key concern, urging viewers to recognize and resist similar ideologies in the present day.

The film serves to ensure that the events and their lessons are not forgotten. It is an "urgent call to stand up to fascism" by remembering what happened and acknowledging that such evils "can happen again".

Personalities capable of such atrocities could be found anywhere in the world and would not be easily identifiable by a specific appearance or a "scary uniform" the next time a similar threat arose.

Future demagogues or authoritarians would likely appear as ordinary businessmen or politicians, manipulating emotions and exploiting divisions among people to gain power, much like the Nazis had done.

I thought it was excellent. And Goering comes across as quite a nice bloke, which is of course the whole point.

 

[EpsomWolf]

Saw The Housemaid at the cinema the other day.

Clever, clever plot.

If thrillers are your thing it’s a highly recommended.

 

[PPB]

The Lost Bus. Edge of your seat stuff. You could almost feel the heat, and to imagine all the wildlife that died

 

[Templeton Peck]

If we have a post credit life lesson I'm all in on the new Masters of the Universe film.

 

[Templeton Peck]

Marty Supreme. 6/10

 

[YoungWolf]

Marty Supreme. 6/10

Quite odd but I mostly enjoyed it

 

[Tredman]

Rewatching Apocalypse Now in honour of Robert Duvall, had forgotten what am amazing truly epic film it is - having recently re-read Heart of Darkness too it hits a bit harder.

 

[sycophantia]

Rewatching Apocalypse Now in honour of Robert Duvall, had forgotten what am amazing truly epic film it is - having recently re-read Heart of Darkness too it hits a bit harder.

I started reading that a while ago but for some reason put it on one side, need to go back and start again and finish it.

 

[Tredman]

I started reading that a while ago but for some reason put it on one side, need to go back and start again and finish it.

It's a tough read, follow it up with King Leopold's Ghost for some light relief...

 

[sycophantia]

It's a tough read, follow it up with King Leopold's Ghost for some light relief...

Thats probably why I took a rest from it and read summat lighter, then forgot about it....I need to man up.

 

[Lupo]

For me, Robert Duvall is Tom Hagen (the consigliere) in The Godfather. Watched it again not long ago, sad that he has now gone.

There was an item on the local news up here (Scotland) about him tonight as he was a big football fan and made a film a few years ago in Scotland where he played a Scottish football manager with real players such as Ally McCoist and Owen Coyle playing themselves