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Re: Divided We Fall

"Visual Construction?" I am not sure what that means. If you mean that it was filmed to make it look the best it could, or that it was filmed to provide as much visual detail as possible, or that it was filmed to provide accurate, vivid colors, I do not see how those are bad things.

"Moral Construction?" I must admit to being really confused. Certainly, the film did not take a positive spin on the Nazis. Frankly, I do not see how the "moral construction" of the film was any different than "The Pianist", "The Harmonists", or "Divided we Fall." Which is simply that when confronted with their own demise, some people who were moral absolutists become moral relativists, and some people who were moral absolutists remain moral absolutists, even in the face of being killed for their beliefs. Like I prefer great athletes telling me about the nuances of their sport rather than "commentators", I likewise appreciate filmmakers who were victims of a plight telling me about the plight rather than a regular filmmaker doing so. It lends an air of authenticity to the proceedings.

Which dovetails back to Polansky and "The Pianist." I assume that his personal experiences came through in the visual style of "The Pianist", that his resources allowed him to show us what that time and place looked like.


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