Seig heil?

Now listening to: Morrissey (Kill Uncle)

A funfilled day of total slackness. It's been pretty nice, a good rainy blah day to while away. I started with some internet highjinks then graduated to the couch. I managed to watch the Triumph of the Will and it was a beautiful film. Beautifully shot that is and the Nazi iconography is striking. Leni Reifenstahl was definitely an innovator, great camera angles. It's just odd to see these people so honestly captivated by that imagery. My whole life I've been taught that the swastika and Nazis were bad people, then to see people rapt with delight at seeing such things. Listening to speeches that are racially motivated and being moved by them.

It's interesting to compare to some of the American propaganda films. Both feature loads of common people working for the good of their nation. It's funny to think that all those Germans were merely following an inherently evil regime, but none of them felt they were evil. How could they? They had been told that the success of their homeland and its people depended on getting rid of these "evil people." Therefore they wanted to do the "good" work of eradicating the Jews from their ranks. I found it striking that in one of his speeches Hitler noted the fact that the people had to be obediant to succeed. I don't like obedience from anyone except maybe my dog. Just goes to show you can't accept what you're told.

Anyway I think I've done a good job of rambling incoherently on that topic. It's hard to collect my thoughts about it. Simply odd to see the "good" side of a regime whose eventual destruction is so tied up in proving the beauty and courageous nature of the American way of life.

I also played a bit of Gladius, which is pretty good, but I haven't delved deep enough to really make a call on it. Just went through the initial plot points and training. We'll see if it can really capture my interest, thanks for renting it Trip, I'm putting your money to work.

I wish I had a coupla more days off to do some reading and play video games. It's just so hard to stay current and I do a lot better than most, as I have no real life. I could also maybe get into some writing, something which I haven't been able to do outside of this blog.