Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Not for everybody ;-) john > -----Original Message----- > > Adam, > > Like every other DVD I have purchased, it is available on Netflix. > > Ken > > -----Original Message----- > > I think it's more a tribute to the film than any sort of put-down. The > scene is > incredibly evocative, even without speaking any German at all the intensity > just leaps off the screen. > > This is Hitler, after all, arch villain of modern times, going completely > off the > wall. Using all that mania seems perfectly logical. > > And Ken - yes, I remember the Cowboys version. I'm not sure if it's the > first. > There just has to be a web site that tracks these. > > And I need to watch "Downfall" again. It's been too long. And, what the > heck, > "Das Boat" as well. As a submariner it hit all the right buttons. It was > like an > instructional video. > > adam > > On May 11, 2013, at 5:01 PM, Marty Deveney <benedenia at gmail.com> > > > Der Untergang (Downfall). > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downfall_(film) > > > > I feel for Bruno Ganz - he acted one of the best screen performances > > ever, and it's perpetually taken off like this. Is parody a sincere > > enough form of flattery? > > > > M > >