I also agree that a Holocaust film taken from a different point of view would be very interesting. This question was raised to me recently after I had just watched Happiness[1998] and learned that it was the first film to take the point of view of an assaulting pedophile. I was curious at to whether there had been a film shot from the perspective of a Nazi.
I know that Italy have made many films about the times of Mussolini and the Italian Fascists (Seven Beauties, Amarcord, Malena, etc..), but they have all been from standbyer's views and shown Fascism and the Axis in a very, very negative light. Granted, I haven't seen many German films, but I have never seen one even set in WWII times(this isn't an invitation for people to start listing them off). My point is that Europe is a lot more hung up on the Holocaust than Hollywood, and on top of that they are all extremely anti-war or pro-semetic.
Infact, it was a while ago that I decided to no longer watch the World Movies Channel unless there was a title that was familiar to me. This is because at one stage it seemed nearly half the films were WWII movies. And all of the countries would do them (Poland, France, Czechoslavakia, etc.) and all of them from the same view point, with the same amount of cheesy emotion and corny tragedy. Anti-semitism seems to be the only area i've noticed European cinema won't stick its beak of controversy in. I'm sick of the freakin' Holocaust.
But aside from my ramblings, I don't think that Hollywood's current residents need to be erradicated, nor do I think that a Hollywood film from an anti-semetic perspective wouldn't make for an interesting watch.
PS. as for why films about the Allies are more popular than films about the Nazis, I think a quote from the film Chaplin will suit...
"Nobody wants to see a film about Adolf f_cking Hitler!!!"
EDIT: I just watched The Producers[1968], I guess I was wrong about the above line.
I know that Italy have made many films about the times of Mussolini and the Italian Fascists (Seven Beauties, Amarcord, Malena, etc..), but they have all been from standbyer's views and shown Fascism and the Axis in a very, very negative light. Granted, I haven't seen many German films, but I have never seen one even set in WWII times(this isn't an invitation for people to start listing them off). My point is that Europe is a lot more hung up on the Holocaust than Hollywood, and on top of that they are all extremely anti-war or pro-semetic.
Infact, it was a while ago that I decided to no longer watch the World Movies Channel unless there was a title that was familiar to me. This is because at one stage it seemed nearly half the films were WWII movies. And all of the countries would do them (Poland, France, Czechoslavakia, etc.) and all of them from the same view point, with the same amount of cheesy emotion and corny tragedy. Anti-semitism seems to be the only area i've noticed European cinema won't stick its beak of controversy in. I'm sick of the freakin' Holocaust.
But aside from my ramblings, I don't think that Hollywood's current residents need to be erradicated, nor do I think that a Hollywood film from an anti-semetic perspective wouldn't make for an interesting watch.
PS. as for why films about the Allies are more popular than films about the Nazis, I think a quote from the film Chaplin will suit...
"Nobody wants to see a film about Adolf f_cking Hitler!!!"
EDIT: I just watched The Producers[1968], I guess I was wrong about the above line.
Last edited by D'yer Mak'er; 12-21-04 at 04:34 AM.