http://www.a1moviereviews.com/white-ribbon/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:29:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.a1moviereviews.com/white-ribbon/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Peter Margo Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:35:05 +0000 http://www.a1moviereviews.com/?p=1345#comment-264 To fully experience White Ribbon, which is profound social psycho analysis, the viewer needs not only to understand German, but comprehend the roots of language as it is used to describe the behaviour and social relationships of this film. A model for deeper understanding is "Escape From Freedom" by Eric Fromm. The Film shows that 1914 Germany was still rooted in medieval society. The central characters, the baron and his wife, the pastor, the doctor, the teacher, are all authoratarian figures, each with his exclusive domain, and each beyond challenge. The women are all without rights and relegate passively to their men. The violence that lurks like a subterranean fire ,is burning because of repressed hatred and anger that can only surface in secret acts of murder and destruction. This hierarchical society brooked no opposition and abhored justice. To sustain the power structure love, respect, compassion, humanity, are devoid of meaning. Obdience and submission destroy the main springs of civilization, when the primary human values are denied. White Ribbon is a testament to the courage of all those who made this document, which exposes unsparingly the Germany that has risen like the phoenix from its own ashes and is struggling valiantly with its terrible past. To fully experience White Ribbon, which is profound social
psycho analysis, the viewer needs not only to understand German, but comprehend the roots of language as it is used
to describe the behaviour and social relationships of this film. A model for deeper understanding is “Escape From Freedom” by Eric Fromm. The Film shows that 1914 Germany was still
rooted in medieval society. The central characters, the
baron and his wife, the pastor, the doctor, the teacher, are
all authoratarian figures, each with his exclusive domain,
and each beyond challenge. The women are all without rights
and relegate passively to their men. The violence that lurks
like a subterranean fire ,is burning because of repressed
hatred and anger that can only surface in secret acts of
murder and destruction. This hierarchical society brooked no
opposition and abhored justice. To sustain the
power structure love, respect, compassion, humanity, are devoid of meaning. Obdience and submission destroy the main springs of civilization, when the primary human values are
denied. White Ribbon is a testament to the courage of all those who made this document, which exposes unsparingly the
Germany that has risen like the phoenix from its own ashes and is struggling valiantly with its terrible past.

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