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96Propaganda and Spin: The Manipulation of Mass Actions, Attitudes and Behaviors
Just to paraphrase Bernays, The conscious ad intelligent manipulation of organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society", is to say what we say when we examine and interrogate contemporary media as it affects and effects in it myriad forms and manifestations as we use, interact with them or use them amongst ourselves, and as we upgrade to new and emerging and merging technologies, we end up trusting them and fall the the interpretation as to what we se
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80German Cinema: Nazi Films and the Lessons We Can Learn
This is an overview of few of the films that arose from the Nazi Regime. It overviews some of the directors and their work.
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80German Cinema: Nazi Control Reshapes the Industry
This is an overview of the impact the Nazis had on German Cinema. It highlights some of the motivations and consequences of the regime takeover and how it impacted the then booming industry.
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78Ian Kershaws the End
After almost 40 years, Ian Kershaw has written what he says is "the last thing I do on the Nazis" (Moss). It is fitting that this last work of his in the field focuses on the last days of the Third Reich between the failure of the Stauffenberg plot...
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71Who Was Nazi Horst Wessel?
Here is the story behind the Nazi marching song named after a "famous" Nazi youth leader.
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71Is Water-boarding TORTURE?
I’m not sure why I haven’t written on this subject up until now. There is a part of me that sits in disbelief when I hear the topic on the news or in discussion. There is a part of me that thinks how can we even be discussing this topic as an...
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71Downfall: A Film Review
"Es ist aus. Der Krieg ist verloren..." The greatest movies are those that capture, torture and then motivate your mind. Out of well documented tragedies of the past century, two places always evoke my imagination: Petrograd of 1917 and Berlin of...
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71Film Review: Night and Fog
This is a film review for Alain Resnais' documentary Night and Fog. Read about the movie, learn some interesting facts about how the film took shape. It's not just a movie, it's a piece of history.
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67Short Review of Heidegger's Glasses, by Thaisa Frank
A short review of the novel Heidegger's Glasses, by Thaisa Frank.
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66Movie Review – The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933 - Germany)
A classic psychological thriller and stunning example of early sound film, Fritz Lang's The Testament of Dr. Mabuse is a complex puzzle as well as a movie of great historical significance: banned by the Nazi's as subversive, it compelled Lang to flee Germany in 1933.
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