13 Minutes (aka Elser) movie review: the ultimate what-if
This intense dramatization of the true story of a failed attempt to assassinate Hitler in 1939 is an unpleasant experience but a provocative one.
Downfall
Diana review: princess of whines
Transforms the beloved “People’s Princess” into a drippy, unappealing rom-com heroine, sort of like Bridget Jones with bodyguards.
Diana trailer: from the director of Downfall (really)
I’ll watch Naomi Watts and Naveen Andrews in anything, though this does look a bit like a TV melodrama.
question of the day: Is Naomi Watts the right choice to play Princess Diana?
If you don’t care for Watts in the role, whom would you cast?
question of the weekend: Do we diminish terrible events when we turn them into funny Internet memes?
Most of the riffs on the UC Davis pepper-spraying are satirical: the cop has been Photoshopped pepper-spraying fallen colonial soldiers of the American Revolution, little children listening to Jesus, and so on. But not all are so pointed…
Doctor Who thing of the day: Hitler learns who River Song is
I can’t wait to see how Hitler reacts to “Let’s Kill Hitler”…
watch it: “Hitler reacts to the news that Osama bin Laden was killed”
This is one of the best examples of the meme I’ve seen yet — watch it before it gets pulled from YouTube — with a killer punchline.
question of the day: Why do the Hitler ‘Downfall’ parody rants strike such a nerve with us?
BBC News Magazine this week ran a thoughtful, if mystified essay on the popularity of those YouTube Hitler rants (perhaps to coincide with this month’s 65th anniversary of Hitler’s death and the end of the Nazi regime). You know the ones: they borrow a scene from the amazing but serious-as-a-heart-attack German film Downfall, about Hitler’s … more…
Five Minutes of Heaven (review)
After a disastrous foray into Hollywood, German director Oliver Hirschbiegel returns to the realms of uneasy morality he explored in his portrait of Bunker Hitler in *Downfall*…
watch it: “Hitler Finds Out Sarah Palin Resigns”
Oh, everyone loves having fun with this clip from Downfall. Better watch it fast, before it gets pulled from YouTube, like the excellent Torchwood version did:
