Thursday, December 26, 2013

Hannah Arendt 2012


Hannah Arendt     This film is a look at the life of German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt.  She was a reporter for The New Yorker during the 1961 war crimes trial of the Nazi Adolf Eichmann.  Footage of the actual trial is used.  Arendt is the author of Eichmann in Jerusalem and The Origins of Totalitarianism.
     So dull, I cannot begin to tell you how dull this really is.  If you are tired or susceptible to falling asleep in front of the screen, this will really put you out.  There are subtitles to read and they might make it just a little bit more difficult to drift off immediately.  Maybe I am just not a “thinker,” I cannot imagine wanting to read her books either?  2* (I didn’t like this movie)

113 Min, Biography directed by Margarethe von Trotta with Barbara Sukowa, Axel Milberg, Janet McTeer, Julie Jentsch, Ulrich Noethen, Michael Degen.

Note:  Imdb 7.1 out of 10, 86% critic 77% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

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