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Very bad tourism promotion for Austria!

posted 8 years ago by backofthevan
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Oh my god, this film makes Austria look like the land of freaks! I could hardly believe what I was seeing, and didn't know if I should laugh, cry or throw up! That being said, "To each his own", I guess, "Live and let live". Okay. It's their lives and their basements, and if everyone is consenting, go for it, kids!

Sad to see Nazis alive and well, worshipping Hitler, but as long as they keep it in the basement and don't take to the streets with it, I suppose it's none of my business.

I doubt this will appear on TV screens any time soon, at least not before midnight, so see it where you can. If you really want to, that is... :D

[–] tyboulder 8 years ago

I laughed, thinking about the movie affecting tourism. But in reality I think it's easy for most viewers to see this as a reflection on humankind, not specific to a place. There are plenty of symbols that do tie directly to Austria/Germany, but that didn't affect how I saw the movie in any fundamental way.

Actually, I was reminded of the part of America on display right now-- via Donald Trump and his supporters-- when I saw the bit with the older men speaking in racist/xenophobic terms about Arabs and Turks. These guys, being also gun lovers, seemed plucked right out of a backwards, republican American town. That really made me think about how universal the human condition is... in this case not a good side, but all the same.

It didn't hit me until near the end of the movie (it's late and I'm tired) that the title of this film and its settings work as a metaphor for the repressed, shameful, dark and hidden parts of our psyche, i.e., the basement of the human mind. So, I don't think the Austrian tourism board will flinch too hard at this film. ;)

[–] brux (14666) 4 years ago

Yeah, well I agree with you about Austria of course, but it doesn't probably get any better in basements all around the world,

I sort of agree with you on the Nazis ... but I do think it is your business. It is all of our businesses to know certain things about certain people. Like they tell people if there is a pedophile in the area, if you know someone is a Nazi or has a sympathy or fascination for Nazis it allows you to filter that person's behavior better.

The problem is how to keep track of all of it, make judgements, etc. The fact that we think we do not may really mean we do not, or it may mean that those decisions are hidden from us in society by the "people who know better".