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Welcome to the old world
Macasev - wrote on 06/16/2008
Probably one of the best films by Danish director, Lars Von Trier. We all know what happened to the world after the II world war, but we don't know about post-war Germany as much. A young "I want to save the world" American enthusiast, Leo is arriving to Germany in order to help reconstructing the war torn country. His American common sense and pragmatic spirit will not suffice. This is the old continent full of absurdity, ancient sentiments and quite different concept of nation.
The profound difference between the cultures is perfectly presented in the following dialog where Leo explains why he didn't want to blow up the train.
Kate: I'm sorry, Leo i... I did what i had to do. But it's your fault, too. The bridge would have been so easy for you.
Leo: Easy?
Kate: Nothing could …
