@Transfixion Perhaps the director (Roberto Rossellini) intended to portray Edmunds ex- teacher exuding a sense of perversion. This creates a picture of post war adults in Germany falling away from 'moral precepts', similar to the sisters promiscuous nighttime ventures. This gives background to the motley cast of role models that poor Edmund has to look up to, and so reflects their immoral tendencies in his own narrative. This film provides an interesting trope as to the future of youth after WW2
@shigleyre Exactly, zou are right. Also in Roma cittä aperta the villains (german Nazis) are two perverted and evil, one gay and the other lesbian. However, he was criticized because being gay/lesbian has nothing to do with pervertion (whether of course being pedophile has).
I'm sorry is it but is it normal for german men to carress little boys like that? wth man
Transfixion 1 year ago 6
@Transfixion Perhaps the director (Roberto Rossellini) intended to portray Edmunds ex- teacher exuding a sense of perversion. This creates a picture of post war adults in Germany falling away from 'moral precepts', similar to the sisters promiscuous nighttime ventures. This gives background to the motley cast of role models that poor Edmund has to look up to, and so reflects their immoral tendencies in his own narrative. This film provides an interesting trope as to the future of youth after WW2
mitcheroni321 3 weeks ago
@Transfixion Roberto Rossellini had a tendency of portraying his villains as sexually perverse. The pedophile ex-teacher is but one example of this.
shigleyre 2 weeks ago
@shigleyre Exactly, zou are right. Also in Roma cittä aperta the villains (german Nazis) are two perverted and evil, one gay and the other lesbian. However, he was criticized because being gay/lesbian has nothing to do with pervertion (whether of course being pedophile has).
DestinazioneFantasia 5 days ago
Who else is watching this movie at Stirling Uni for Post war European cinema?
xecrald 1 year ago