As for this film, I was only impressed by the fact that Hollywood still makes its propaganda pieces made with Frank Capra style, even though amazed by Harvey Keitels and Stellan Skarsgård's acting, beautiful as always. I can tell the same on the following roles of Moritz Bleibtreu and Birgit Minichmayr, fantastic acting talents. I believe that Istvan Sabo made a truly well developed theater piece screened for all times. Harvey's and Stellan's monologues are just cream on the whole post war cake served, whatever taste is. What really went beyond control if you ask me is American feature film voice and picture of God, judge and jury represented so well by Harvey Keitel. Most monstrous hypocrisy served by the state film policy, whose country didn't even liberate Europe from the Nazis but just came to get their political piece of cake (almost) after the Soviet triumph, is sooo pathetic. The worse is when the mass murder come to judge the serial killer and then find his brother to play the law with him once the serial killer is eliminated by someone else. I guess everybody has to play their roles. Citizens of the country whose ancestors exterminated over 80 million native Americans just to get their land is judging Nazi Germany for exterminating 6 million Jews that were left to die until the interest didn't move their troops to Europe. Officer of the country that killed over 6 million civilians only in Vietnam and Korean war together talks about responsibility of an artist? What about the responsibility of John Wayne, glorified figure of the greatest civilian massacre in human history? What about Barry Sadler and Merle Haggard the hippie hater whose music was encouraging US boys to throw napalm over Vietnamese women and children? Is napalm better than gas chambers of the Nazis? And what about "Birth of Nation" and D.W. Griffith? Isn't he the one of the greatest establishers of American feature film? D.W. Griffith the clan's man ... Well, examples are many, many of them probably worse than the poor attempt to make a plot for this film as nobody ever trialled these people and on contrary - they have been glorified until today. Pity for wasted talent. I will be what an art lover suppose to be when faces tyranny of evil according to this movie and will disregard positive vote. 0 out of 10.
Review of Taking Sides
