Liliana Cavani?s ?Berlin Affair? (1985) actingoutpolitics 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