http://realfake.org/blog/2008/01/filmmuseum-berlin/ Thu, 08 Sep 2011 04:21:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://realfake.org/blog/2008/01/filmmuseum-berlin/comment-page-1/#comment-1614 Eurotrip 2007-2008: Berlin, Day Three--New Year's Eve : The Shy Turnip Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:18:40 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2008/01/11/filmmuseum-berlin/#comment-1614 [...] Ezra describes the section on Nazi-era German films on his blog. It’s one of those things–so fascinating. It’s like this train wreck that never should have happened but you can’t look away. At first I didn’t even realize that visitors were supposed to pull out the drawers tucked into the wall. It was only when I saw another visitor doing so that I realized. If the museum didn’t arrange the Nazi-era section that way, it would take up way more space. I can’t help thinking that reflects their complicated relationship with that part of their history. They’re not proud of it, exactly, but they know it’s important and they know that it fascinates people. The museum notes next to each display are certainly written from a modern viewpoint–that what the Nazis did was terribly wrong and a sad, disturbing tragedy. But at the same time, putting their vast collection in that little room and keeping the displays largely put away in drawers definitely gave the whole thing a relatively low profile. Very interesting. [...] [...] Ezra describes the section on Nazi-era German films on his blog. It’s one of those things–so fascinating. It’s like this train wreck that never should have happened but you can’t look away. At first I didn’t even realize that visitors were supposed to pull out the drawers tucked into the wall. It was only when I saw another visitor doing so that I realized. If the museum didn’t arrange the Nazi-era section that way, it would take up way more space. I can’t help thinking that reflects their complicated relationship with that part of their history. They’re not proud of it, exactly, but they know it’s important and they know that it fascinates people. The museum notes next to each display are certainly written from a modern viewpoint–that what the Nazis did was terribly wrong and a sad, disturbing tragedy. But at the same time, putting their vast collection in that little room and keeping the displays largely put away in drawers definitely gave the whole thing a relatively low profile. Very interesting. [...]

]]> http://realfake.org/blog/2008/01/filmmuseum-berlin/comment-page-1/#comment-1615 Eurotrip 2007-2008: Berlin, Day Two : The Shy Turnip Wed, 16 Jan 2008 22:57:56 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2008/01/11/filmmuseum-berlin/#comment-1615 [...] at Potsdamer Platz, a huge commercial intersection that’s been totally rebuilt since the war. Ez wrote about it on his blog. There’s a sort of little Christmas market at the Sony Center, too, with curling (I [...] [...] at Potsdamer Platz, a huge commercial intersection that’s been totally rebuilt since the war. Ez wrote about it on his blog. There’s a sort of little Christmas market at the Sony Center, too, with curling (I [...]

]]> http://realfake.org/blog/2008/01/filmmuseum-berlin/comment-page-1/#comment-1616 Josh Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:39:15 +0000 http://realfake.org/blog/2008/01/11/filmmuseum-berlin/#comment-1616 The sushi bar featured in Monsters, Inc. is called Harryhausens. I've seen the movie a bunch of times and I never realized that it was a reference to the animation of the past. Kinda nifty. The sushi bar featured in Monsters, Inc. is called Harryhausens. I’ve seen the movie a bunch of times and I never realized that it was a reference to the animation of the past. Kinda nifty.

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