HANNAH ARENDT
(directed by Margarethe von Trott, 2012)
*** (out of 5)
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> This small film is a fairly outspoken biopic of the titular German-American journalist who notoriously covered the Adolph Eichmann trial in Jerusalem I 1961, and had the courage (or perhaps naivety) to report her incendiary findings to a reactive world.
. An academic, Ms. Arendt believed that a search to uncover the truth should be blind to politics, and not subject to the arbitrary whims of political-correctness. And I couldn’t agree more. But theory and practice collides when she ventures into dicey territory- appearing to blame the Jews for their own fate during the great, horrible war.
. I recognized capable lead actress Barbara Sukowa from her wonderful turn as Mieze, Franz Biberkopf’s wife in Werner Fassbinder’s epic, nearly 16-hour BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ. Much older here, she is every bit as spunky and appealing as she was in her youth.
– It’s an interesting outing, but the subject is kind of held at arms-length, making this more of a mental headtrip than the emotional journey it should have been.
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