GERMANY YEAR ZERO
1948



I'VE NEVER SEEN SO MUCH RUBBLE IN MY LIFE.


THE ONLY PROBLEM IS, HOW COME THE ROADS ARE OK, BUT THE

BUILDINGS ARE KAPUT?


THE DAMAGE IS FROM LONG-RANGE ARTILLERY. YES?


DOES SYRIA (DAMASCUS, ALEPPO) AND BERLIN ACTIVITY PERSIST

AFTER TOTAL DESTRUCTION, OR DO THE INHABITANTS JUST

BELIEVE THEY ARE ALIVE? THESE CITIES ARE UNINHABITABLE.


[link to www.archdaily.com]


'the Western Allies had dropped 65,000 tons of explosives on the city in the course of more than two years; whereas the Red Army had expended 40,000 tons in merely two weeks". Later, statisticians calculated that for every inhabitant of Berlin there were nearly 30 cubic meters (39 cubic yards) of rubble.' Wikipedia


DON'T VIEW ROSSELINI'S YOUTUBE MOVIE OR CLIPS WITHOUT THE

ENGLISH SUBTITLES. IT DOESN'T DO JUSTICE TO THE WORK OR THE

CINEMATOGRAPHY. LIKEKWISE THE FIRST 2 ROSSELINI FILMS OF

HIS WAR TRILOGY, 'ROME OPEN CITY' AND 'PAISON'.


ROME, OPEN CITY HAS A UNIQUE TAKE ON THE GESTAPO. THEY

ARE WRAPPED UP IN THE GAY UNDERWORLD. BUT THIS IS ONE OF

HTE FIRST MOVIES TO TREAT THE GESTAPO AS SOLDIERS STAFFING

A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION (IF YOU SEE WAR AS LEGITIMATE).

ALL 3 MOVIES ARE WAR MOVIES THAT TREAT WW2 DIFFERENTLY.


I WAS STRUCK THAT MOST OF PAISANO IS NOT IN ITALIAN,

BUT FOLLOWS AMERICAN TROOPS SPEAKING ENGLISH, THOUGH

ROSSELINI IS ITALIAN.


I COUNTED 2 WORLD-RUNNERS IN RECENT MOVIES. THE HOUSEBOY

IN' REFLECTIONS OF A GOLDEN EYE', AND THE BLACK AMERICAN

MP IN PAISON. BOTH OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES.


YEAR ZERO DOESN'T GO INTO THE EXPLICIT PEDOPHILISM, WHICH

OBVIOUSLY TAKES PLACE IN BETWEEN SCENES. (AND THERE IS

ANOTHER DOROTHY WIZARD OF OZ MUNCHKIN SIGHTING, AS IN 'THE

TIN DRUM'.



CHRIST