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From: Darren New
Subject: The original Der Untergang bits
Date: 7 Sep 2009 22:31:33
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkUzfAfwP1A

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From: Neeum Zawan
Subject: Re: The original Der Untergang bits
Date: 8 Sep 2009 00:02:56
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On 09/07/09 21:31, Darren New wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkUzfAfwP1A

	Did I miss something? Was there an unoriginal version?

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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: The original Der Untergang bits
Date: 8 Sep 2009 00:23:23
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Neeum Zawan wrote:
> On 09/07/09 21:31, Darren New wrote:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkUzfAfwP1A
> 
>     Did I miss something? Was there an unoriginal version?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfkDxF2kn1I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELyTBXzfQJ8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IzNPEGWNos

And probably about 300 more.

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From: Bonsai
Subject: Re: The original Der Untergang bits
Date: 8 Sep 2009 04:48:04
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Darren New schrieb:
> Neeum Zawan wrote:
>> On 09/07/09 21:31, Darren New wrote:
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkUzfAfwP1A
>>
>>     Did I miss something? Was there an unoriginal version?
> 
> And probably about 300 more.

And all version are not funny for native Germans, because we understand 
the original language, which ruins the jokes. :-/


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From: Neeum Zawan
Subject: Re: The original Der Untergang bits
Date: 8 Sep 2009 09:44:31
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On 09/07/09 23:23, Darren New wrote:
>> Did I miss something? Was there an unoriginal version?
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfkDxF2kn1I

	Oh - OK. I saw the movie before I saw any of those clips...

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From: Darren New
Subject: Re: The original Der Untergang bits
Date: 8 Sep 2009 11:32:40
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Bonsai wrote:
> And all version are not funny for native Germans, because we understand 
> the original language, which ruins the jokes. :-/

You know, I had actually wondered that at some point. :-)

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From: Warp
Subject: Re: The original Der Untergang bits
Date: 8 Sep 2009 15:04:54
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Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkUzfAfwP1A

  Interesting question: Overacting, or accurate depiction?

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From: clipka
Subject: Re: The original Der Untergang bits
Date: 8 Sep 2009 15:50:04
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Warp schrieb:
> Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkUzfAfwP1A
> 
>   Interesting question: Overacting, or accurate depiction?

I'm not sure; I wouldn't be surprised about either of the two. He was 
said to have been choleric, causing his staff to become reluctant to 
give him bad news, which in turn is likely to have detached him more and 
more from the not-so-good reality of the war he had started, which in 
turn will have contributed to the intensity of his choleric rages.

The events in "Der Untergang" take time shortly before the fall of 
Berlin, at a time where this man's world of an arian super-race destined 
for victory had crumbled to dust. People can get pretty mental when all 
they have been believing in turns out wrong.

On the other hand, it is pretty comforting for Germans to attribute 
Hitler's emphatic speeches to choleric madness rather than charisma.


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: The original Der Untergang bits
Date: 8 Sep 2009 16:00:22
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clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> I'm not sure; I wouldn't be surprised about either of the two. He was 
> said to have been choleric, causing his staff to become reluctant to 
> give him bad news, which in turn is likely to have detached him more and 
> more from the not-so-good reality of the war he had started, which in 
> turn will have contributed to the intensity of his choleric rages.

  Watching some of Hitler's actual speeches, it actually doesn't feel like
the actor in that movie is overacting at all...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q-6H4xOUrs

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From: clipka
Subject: Re: The original Der Untergang bits
Date: 8 Sep 2009 16:10:34
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Warp schrieb:
>   Watching some of Hitler's actual speeches, it actually doesn't feel like
> the actor in that movie is overacting at all...
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q-6H4xOUrs

That video is unavailable in Germany, allegedly due to 
licensing/copyright stuff.


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From: Florian Pesth
Subject: Re: The original Der Untergang bits
Date: 8 Sep 2009 16:14:37
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Am Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:00:22 -0400 schrieb Warp:

>   Watching some of Hitler's actual speeches, it actually doesn't feel
>   like
> the actor in that movie is overacting at all...
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q-6H4xOUrs

Can't seem to get that here (copyright restrictions), but I agree with 
your point. Still I think one should note, that behaviour, which seems 
exagerrated and even funny today, at that time might have been seen as 
quite impressive and charismatic. (One example is the rolling "r", which 
was used much more back than I think - I can't really pronounce it like 
that :)). But come to think of it, it might also have to do with south 
german / austrian origin of Hitler. I have sometimes trouble 
understanding Bavarians.


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: The original Der Untergang bits
Date: 8 Sep 2009 16:18:05
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clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Warp schrieb:
> >   Watching some of Hitler's actual speeches, it actually doesn't feel like
> > the actor in that movie is overacting at all...
> > 
> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q-6H4xOUrs

> That video is unavailable in Germany, allegedly due to 
> licensing/copyright stuff.

  Actually I'm not surprised those videos are banned in Germany due to
"copyright" (yeah, right).

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From: Florian Pesth
Subject: Re: The original Der Untergang bits
Date: 8 Sep 2009 16:31:00
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Am Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:18:05 -0400 schrieb Warp:

>   Actually I'm not surprised those videos are banned in Germany due to
> "copyright" (yeah, right).

That's youtube banning, not germany.


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From: Neeum Zawan
Subject: Re: The original Der Untergang bits
Date: 8 Sep 2009 17:43:37
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On 09/08/09 15:31, Florian Pesth wrote:
> Am Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:18:05 -0400 schrieb Warp:
>
>>    Actually I'm not surprised those videos are banned in Germany due to
>> "copyright" (yeah, right).
>
> That's youtube banning, not germany.

	If Google/Youtube has any offices in Germany, they're required to abide 
by German laws.

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From: Neeum Zawan
Subject: Re: The original Der Untergang bits
Date: 8 Sep 2009 17:43:58
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On 09/08/09 15:00, Warp wrote:
>    Watching some of Hitler's actual speeches, it actually doesn't feel like
> the actor in that movie is overacting at all...
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q-6H4xOUrs

	There's a big difference between giving a speech in public and doing it 
in private. I've seen lots of politicians give fiery speeches like the 
one in that video - but they don't have a reputation of being like that 
in person. People often exaggerate their emotions in speeches.

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From: clipka
Subject: Re: The original Der Untergang bits
Date: 8 Sep 2009 19:09:40
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Warp schrieb:
> clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
>> Warp schrieb:
>>>   Watching some of Hitler's actual speeches, it actually doesn't feel like
>>> the actor in that movie is overacting at all...
>>>
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q-6H4xOUrs
> 
>> That video is unavailable in Germany, allegedly due to 
>> licensing/copyright stuff.
> 
>   Actually I'm not surprised those videos are banned in Germany due to
> "copyright" (yeah, right).

I guess that's actually Youtube's generic way of saying "in order to not 
risk getting into any legal trouble, we prefer to not give you that".


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From: clipka
Subject: Re: The original Der Untergang bits
Date: 8 Sep 2009 19:17:31
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Neeum Zawan schrieb:
>>>    Actually I'm not surprised those videos are banned in Germany due to
>>> "copyright" (yeah, right).
>>
>> That's youtube banning, not germany.
> 
>     If Google/Youtube has any offices in Germany, they're required to 
> abide by German laws.

Yes, but I guess they also have reserved the freedom (via terms of use) 
to ban stuff even if they just /suspect/ that it /might/ get them into 
trouble.

Nazi stuff is a very delicate issue over here, so I wouldn't be 
surprised if Youtube just chose to play it safe on that matter, and 
avoids playing anything that even remotely looks like it could be 
mistaken for Neonazi propaganda.


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From: Florian Pesth
Subject: Re: The original Der Untergang bits
Date: 9 Sep 2009 03:07:48
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Am Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:17:26 +0200 schrieb clipka:

> Neeum Zawan schrieb:
>>>>    Actually I'm not surprised those videos are banned in Germany due
>>>>    to
>>>> "copyright" (yeah, right).
>>>
>>> That's youtube banning, not germany.
>> 
>>     If Google/Youtube has any offices in Germany, they're required to
>> abide by German laws.
> 
> Yes, but I guess they also have reserved the freedom (via terms of use)
> to ban stuff even if they just /suspect/ that it /might/ get them into
> trouble.
> 
> Nazi stuff is a very delicate issue over here, so I wouldn't be
> surprised if Youtube just chose to play it safe on that matter, and
> avoids playing anything that even remotely looks like it could be
> mistaken for Neonazi propaganda.

Yes, that is exactly my point. One should distinguish this two points. 
Actually there is some weird copyright issue involved also (I have to 
look it up, but I think it had something to do with some propaganda 
material belonging technically (via law continuation) to some authority 
in Bavaria which used that as a trick to avoid it getting propagated... 
but I really have to look it up, my memory is very fuzzy on that.)


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From: Warp
Subject: Re: The original Der Untergang bits
Date: 9 Sep 2009 17:38:20
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Out of curiosity I watched the propaganda film Triumph of the Will (you
can find it in its entirety and subtitled at google videos).

  The film was outright scary, but do you know what scared me the most?
Something which haunts me? At the end of the film, when Rudolf Hess chants:
"The Party is Hitler! But Hitler is Germany, as Germany is Hitler! Hitler
sieg hail! Sieg hail! Sieg hail!" and the audience cheers.

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From: clipka
Subject: Re: The original Der Untergang bits
Date: 9 Sep 2009 17:58:36
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Warp schrieb:
>   The film was outright scary, but do you know what scared me the most?
> Something which haunts me? At the end of the film, when Rudolf Hess chants:
> "The Party is Hitler! But Hitler is Germany, as Germany is Hitler! Hitler
> sieg hail! Sieg hail! Sieg hail!" and the audience cheers.

The scariest of scares is that virtually everyone can find himself in 
such an audience and cheer.

Cheers!


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