Quote for Today: Agnes Repplier
A villain must be a thing of power, handled with delicacy and grace. He must be wicked enough to excite our aversion, strong enough to arouse our fear, human enough …
On Monsters: Portrayals of Nazis and Hitler in Hirschbiegel’s Downfall
What is the role of the artist in dealing with the dark side of humanity? How do we portray evil? My husband and I recently watched Downfall (Der Untergang), which counterpoints the …