GERM 1171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Caroline Link, Nudity, Role Model
4/10/18
GERM 1171
Cultural differences/ commonalities
German V. US
German/ international
- Nudity not happy endings, slower pace, thought provoking, relating to issues, blunt on
topics, less commercialized, less special effects, need not be a box office hit/state
sponsored, no glorification about German history, slower in pace, serious topics
Family dynamics
- What are the parents’ roles in the family?
o Role model, teach children, support, love, provide shelter, security and food,
teach children about ethics
- What are children supposed to do?
o Learn, respect, learn about the world through their parents, take care of parents
when they get old, help out around the house, learn from mistakes, stay out of
trouble, grow, develop an identity, and ask questions
- Circumstances where roles are reversed?
o Drunk, irresponsible, in trouble with the law, sickness, young parents, single
parents, death of a parent, new culture to teach parents.
Beyond Silence (1996) Caroline Link
- Oscar nomination
- What do we expect based on the title
o Sound of lack of will be important
o Communication
o Overcoming problems
- Focus questions
o Family dynamics
o Take on disability/ able-bodied
o Use of sound
o Symbolism of Clarinet
o Any differences to US films
- Characters
o Mother: deaf
o Father: Martin, deaf
o Daughter: Lara hearing
- In the beginning of the movie we see Lara being laughed at for having trouble reading
aloud
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Document Summary
Nudity not happy endings, slower pace, thought provoking, relating to issues, blunt on topics, less commercialized, less special effects, need not be a box office hit/state sponsored, no glorification about german history, slower in pace, serious topics. What are the parents" roles in the family: role model, teach children, support, love, provide shelter, security and food, teach children about ethics. Circumstances where roles are reversed: drunk, irresponsible, in trouble with the law, sickness, young parents, single parents, death of a parent, new culture to teach parents. What do we expect based on the title: sound of lack of will be important, communication, overcoming problems. Focus questions: family dynamics, take on disability/ able-bodied, use of sound, symbolism of clarinet, any differences to us films. Characters: mother: deaf, father: martin, deaf, daughter: lara hearing. In the beginning of the movie we see lara being laughed at for having trouble reading aloud.
