GERM 1171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Panic Attack, Leitmotif, Sound Film
21 Mar 2017
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Arrangement of visual elements of theatrical production. Music - set the tone, transitions, leit motif, foreshadowing, emotion. Spoken language - same sentence pronounced differently (dialect/sociolect) Can hear tone, don"t have to read. Hear original, authenticity, words match mouth, quick international availability. 1931: political scene in german was chaotic. 1918: defeat in ww1 and end of monarchy. Widespread discontentment, people no longer believed in democracy and official authorities to handle the situation. Based on real story: mass murderer in berlin. Depiction of troubled and corrupt society with latent and open violence. Killer is not a self confident monster, but a little bourgeois who cannot help himself and mobilizes the fascist potential of society. Fritz lang expected different people to view the movie very differently Comments on danger for children in society. Commentary on 1931 germany, an unhealthy society (two years before hitler. Investigation into psyche of compulsive murderer elected) with a lot of potential for violence.
