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"I'm not gonna lie to you 'cause I don't lie." --Ice-T, "Back on the Block"
"-'How could I explain anything to you, compared with whom I am but a babbling babe?'
-'Don't, don't talk like that. You'd do me a favor if you'd be a little more manly, more self-assured. What am I to do with a mere shadow of a guest? I'll blow him through the porthole into the lake. I need several explanations. You who roam around outside can give me them. But if you sit trembling at my table here and by self-deception forget the little you know, then you may as well clear out at once.'"
- Franz Kafka, "The Hunter Gracchus: A Fragment"
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The distinguished attendees of the 1942 Wannsee Conference--a small number of higher-ups in the Nazi Party, SS, and German legal institution--arrived expecting to contribute to the development of a Final Solution to the Jewish problem, probably mass-sterilization or deportation. Some of the less attentive members leave with the sense that they did contribute. But at some point in the meeting--the subtle moment you should watch for--most of them realize that their input is neither necessary nor welcome. The Solution has already been devised: within days, the first Jews will be put on trains, sent to extermination camps, and gassed in chambers that look like showers. The point of the meeting is to establish a consensus for the plan by ensuring or subtly coercing the endorsement of the influential attendees.
Only two men in the room have meaningful voice: General Reinhard Heydrich, and a younger Adolf Eichmann, both representatives of the Fuhrer (who is absent, presumably, for the sake of plausible deniability). The rest may protest that the Final Solution is inhumane (though only one does), or that the government is exceeding its legal authority--but essentially, they are all the well-treated hostages of these two men until they declare support for the plan. Should they refuse to declare support, that's fine; they may leave. But the Final Solution will roll out--and are they really sure it's the kind of thing they want rolling over them?
All of this is communicated without open threat, and that's why it's so easy to miss, as I did. The film is not about a bunch of jolly Nazis gleefully discussing the executions of millions of Jews; it's about a bunch of Nazis gradually realizing their smiling, sociopathic host is giving them orders, and some concurring while others experience a sinking feeling. Since the film adheres so closely to the actual transcript of the Wannsee Conference (a document of which there was only one surviving copy at the end of WWII), there are no Hollywood tipoffs for the viewer with one mental eye closed and the other roving. Hopefully after reading this review you won't have to pay such close attention to catch it.
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Excellent.
Now, I know that you got your shit together in terms of movies picked, and I'm not the one to make recommendations to those higher up the pedestal than me, but since I was reading your reaction to watching 'Whiplash' (a reaction which I share, since i felt the same way after watching it then), I can't bypass that no many other movies move quite as much as those two have... Though, and this is the point of this comment, lol, I recently finally watched a movie that left me as confused, and whiplashed and sobbing like a poor prostitute... that film was Margaret by Kenneth Lonergan... and if you catch a chance to see it someday, I'd really be interested in what you have to say about it, hence this comment on your shitbox too...
anyway... great job man, keep doing your reviews as awesome as they are... keep illustrating us all proletariat alike lol Alright... Regards JJ
The moment is when they both come outside, and Thelma mentions to Louise that she hopes she's not making any deals, but she'd understand if she was talking about it. Louise responds with a negative, affirms that she's not making any deals... Then Thelma says: "I get it if you're thinking about it I mean... you've got something to go back for, I mean, Jimmy and all...". -"Jimmy (Louise boyfriend) is not an option" says Louise. Then the quote I gave you comes next... "But I can't go... I mean... Something's crossed over in me and I can't go back, I mean, I just couldn't live". The Louise says something about how she doesn't wanna end up in one of those talk shows (like the Geraldo show).
I never realized how that last Louise comment affected me before, I guess, because I don't know if she says it 'cause she's actually in positive spirits about making it down to Mex... or if she's being naïve.. or if she's just trying to lift Thelma's spirits up, even though she knows that they won't probably make it very far. And I think this is the scene when Louise actually realizes that they could actually end up dead, and she starts considering it... As opossed to Thelma, the moment when I think Thelma realizes they can be killed, is I think when they are driving through Utah (I guess) very early in the morning as she's staring out the scenery, and the suddenly out of nowhere she says, "I feel awake... are you awake?" (Louise answers "You can call it that, my eyes are open"). "I feel awake... Wide awake. Do u feel like that too? Like, you've got something to look forward to..?".
That's the moment I think, Thelma too, realizes that they could and probably will be arrested and spend her life in prison.
The movie is so full of subtle reactions between the two actresses man, that many of those cuts could be either or, and be interpreted in different ways. Probably so one can project onto the story, and then maybe see the characters from a sympathetic point of view. Because I've heard many comments in real life, about this movie... and surprisingly, they seem to miss that compassionate side to the characters, and they only perceive Thelma and Louise like real outlaws, and that they are doing all that stuff to rebel... (like the trunk cop). And they seem to have no understanding of the characters at all..
dude! I swear I could talk all day about this movie. Is my favorite movie , at least up until now. If I ever make a list, this will be #1.
I guess I should stop with the T&L quotations lol
I'm totally paying attention to that list from now on,
love the score-system as well.