Liliana Cavani?s ?Berlin Affair? (1985)
Reviewed by actingoutpolitics for The Berlin Affair at 2010-07-21 19:53:15
When people are unwilling to rebel against a flawed social system either because they are afraid of political repression or because they are afraid to lose their material comfort ? they are prone to rebel inside the area of private relationships (to challenge society?s norms and values only in private life). ?Berlin affair? shows such a domesticated, ?privatized? rebellion (that takes place in Nazi Germany in 1938) by a married couple that looks and sounds like any American successful couple today ? with curious results we all can learn from. See the article ?The Logic of Conformist Rebellion against Society? and analysis of shots from ?Berlin Affair? (posted in May, 2010) at: www.actingoutpolitics.com By Victor
Pirates are returning. This great movie lied in the hands of Gore Verbinski and he didn't mess it up. A film full of adventure, treachery, piracy, amazing battles and victory.
He will make star in amazement and laugh. You wonder if some of his lines were meant to be said the way he says them and think about how weird he makes captain jack. He alone is a good reason to watch it.
There is only two reasons to watch this film... 1) if you are so utterly bored, and 2) if you are a fan of Orlando Bloom or Johnny Depp. The movie never should of been made. The worst part is the end, it sets itself up so that some moron could very well continue the Pirates saga if they had enough cash to throw around.
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