Tuesday, February 23, 2010
TERROR GAMES
Today's film was Uli Edel's
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
This is a docudrama of the real deal that happened in the 70's.
It is very well done.
You can see how shit can get out of control. The original motives of the "gang" were political but it didn't take too long before the distinction between the people and the pigs got blurred. This is shown quite effectively.
Meinhof is the brain. She is a journalist who inexplicably leaves her kids and literally jumps into the gang situation. She remains the superego. Caution. High purpose. Baader is a bad boy rebel who has found a cause. The id. He just wants to kick out the jams. Together they are an explosive mix and inspire others to follow them.
Bruno Ganz is a point of calm in an otherwise thriller/bamg up fllm. He runs the national security apparatus and has a considerable role in keeping the thing in some level of containment until the trials start and then the 2d, 3d and 4th generation of rebels start to run amock. We see the birth of modern terrorism and the involvement of the Middle East comes to play.
It is a good movie. I am glad that I saw it.
I will give it a 3 out of Netflix5.
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