published in "www.filmedvd.it" history of racism? History
sociological impact of Nazism? History
impact of the company diverted the youth of today?
American history?
American History X is all that and something more. The debut of Tony Kaye is mostly a story of rebirth. Death and rebirth. Of redemption.
Derek dies. As a young man, a boy falls into a black hole of violence, hatred, racism, omnipotence. Derek as a human being no longer exists. Like a fallen angel falls to hell. A hell without color, without life, where the only prerogative is to remove, kill, delete everything that is not a vision of life which he outlined.
The film has a clear structure in three parts, if we unfold the story in chronological order in which the events take place. This, one of Derek's death is the first part. Hell.
Purgatory, the second phase of this journey of redemption and rebirth that is the story of Derek is the prison where the soul of his fallen angel takes self-awareness and the world. Derek comes back to life, including who he is, understands what he has done, including especially those who are his companions and what is the blind hatred and absurd to whom he paid attention until now. Derek redeems himself, not only legally, but also psychologically.
Now, in such a movie, the third part, that of returning home, the one where the color back to fill the frame, should reflect the Paradise, but American History X is not too realistic to know that in Paradise Earth does not exist. And so the sins committed by Derek can not be fully purged and the tragedy it would mark a life, reminding him forever when he died.
American History X "was the victim at the time of a strong contrast between Kaye and the production that was imposed on the very neo-director who had to give up the decision-making power of the final-cut. So in the final product is difficult to distinguish between what is really the result of the director and what they have been imposed by production. We do not know, for example, who bears the burden of narrative structure and the decision to split film, half black and half white in color, or mix the order of events. In both cases, however, anyone who is responsible, I feel that I need to congratulate you on your choice. As already mentioned the B / W or color is to indicate the two different lives of Derek, one before and one after the redemption, after purgatory. The order of events, in which we see first from the Nazi past of the protagonist, then the state of his redeemed, and finally the most important element, The key aspect of the film, which is the prison. The risk was so strong that a smooth transition between the old and the new Derek Derek is completely opposed to each other spoofing of results if the events of the prison did not have enough strength and conviction to explain the mutation. The risk, however, the course has paid off. What happens in prison, Derek is not only credible, but "right." In the sense that is now stuck in this crazy project of hatred and revenge that is racism. Executioner now finds himself a victim. Victim of his own "brothers". This slap in the face of reality leads him to see everything with more clarity (this is still the transition to color). A blow so strong that even if not experienced first hand, manages to convince his brother to make the right choice is to abandon that road. But as has been said, there is heaven on earth and it's too late. For one who comes back to life, someone leaves forever. This is American history, one with a capital X.
sociological impact of Nazism? History
impact of the company diverted the youth of today?
American history?
American History X is all that and something more. The debut of Tony Kaye is mostly a story of rebirth. Death and rebirth. Of redemption.
Derek dies. As a young man, a boy falls into a black hole of violence, hatred, racism, omnipotence. Derek as a human being no longer exists. Like a fallen angel falls to hell. A hell without color, without life, where the only prerogative is to remove, kill, delete everything that is not a vision of life which he outlined.
The film has a clear structure in three parts, if we unfold the story in chronological order in which the events take place. This, one of Derek's death is the first part. Hell.
Purgatory, the second phase of this journey of redemption and rebirth that is the story of Derek is the prison where the soul of his fallen angel takes self-awareness and the world. Derek comes back to life, including who he is, understands what he has done, including especially those who are his companions and what is the blind hatred and absurd to whom he paid attention until now. Derek redeems himself, not only legally, but also psychologically.
Now, in such a movie, the third part, that of returning home, the one where the color back to fill the frame, should reflect the Paradise, but American History X is not too realistic to know that in Paradise Earth does not exist. And so the sins committed by Derek can not be fully purged and the tragedy it would mark a life, reminding him forever when he died.
American History X "was the victim at the time of a strong contrast between Kaye and the production that was imposed on the very neo-director who had to give up the decision-making power of the final-cut. So in the final product is difficult to distinguish between what is really the result of the director and what they have been imposed by production. We do not know, for example, who bears the burden of narrative structure and the decision to split film, half black and half white in color, or mix the order of events. In both cases, however, anyone who is responsible, I feel that I need to congratulate you on your choice. As already mentioned the B / W or color is to indicate the two different lives of Derek, one before and one after the redemption, after purgatory. The order of events, in which we see first from the Nazi past of the protagonist, then the state of his redeemed, and finally the most important element, The key aspect of the film, which is the prison. The risk was so strong that a smooth transition between the old and the new Derek Derek is completely opposed to each other spoofing of results if the events of the prison did not have enough strength and conviction to explain the mutation. The risk, however, the course has paid off. What happens in prison, Derek is not only credible, but "right." In the sense that is now stuck in this crazy project of hatred and revenge that is racism. Executioner now finds himself a victim. Victim of his own "brothers". This slap in the face of reality leads him to see everything with more clarity (this is still the transition to color). A blow so strong that even if not experienced first hand, manages to convince his brother to make the right choice is to abandon that road. But as has been said, there is heaven on earth and it's too late. For one who comes back to life, someone leaves forever. This is American history, one with a capital X.
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