BY: SABRINA CASERTA
This film was particularly tedious for me. After the first five minutes of just being incredulous that they were making such an obvious piece of propaganda, I started getting annoyed. Did people really believe this? How many times do you have to showcase a swastika to convince the people that the Nazis are A-OK?
The entire film was just repeating a few simple scenes. Hitler smiling, looking regal as ever, waving to the crowds that clearly loved him so very dearly. Images of the youth, their military, having fun. Finally, speeches upon speeches from Hitler on why Germany must be taken back, and of course, Hitler's supporters regurgitating the same nonsense. The entire film to me was totally obvious- the manipulation was not subtle in the least. It made me wonder how I would have reacted to it then. How people react to it now. Also makes me wonder how people react to the propaganda in today's films. Do they even know it's manipulating them? Maybe today we have more 'media literacy,' or perhaps filmmakers have better tactics to infuse propaganda into films? I tend to think the latter.
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