Wednesday, March 25, 2009

From Lara: The Wave

Watch the trailer with English subtitles. Good stuff!. click here

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Trailer for film The Wave by Dennis Gansel. THE WAVE is based on a real event from a Californian high school in 1967 and transposed to Germany today. A cautionary tale about the roots of fascism. The film opens in a rush of energy with charismatic teacher Rainer Wegner beginning a week long class on autocracy. To indifferent students, its a hard sell, but Wegner gets an idea for an experiment: as their leader he asks the students to call him Mr Wegner, chooses the motto strength through discipline, creates a logo, decides that everyone wears a white shirt, and names the group, The Wave adding a secret sign reminiscent of a Nazi salute. Much to their surprise the students find that they like the power of unity and soon this new found discipline spills over to other school activities and newcomers join the group. The Wave gives the kids something to believe in for a change, until they go too far and The Wave spins out of control.

2 comments:

  1. I saw this film in the last Seminci and it really made a deep impact on me. It made me think about the influence a teacher has in some of his students and what kind of things you can say in the class.
    I'd recommend that film!

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  2. Thnxs I'll try to see it soon. And what about Juno? Has anyone of you seen this movie? The soundtrack is also good not only the film. Have a look at this video if you have time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKKNBUMy0II, it has to do with the "wish" lesson :)

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