upbeatquasar (January 1, 1970 at 7:29 am)

0:48:You will discover, to cut a long story short, that they're depicted precisely as a kind of small-ist, beautiful provincial fascists.1:05anti-illectual, rooted in narrow life-world and so-on.

emphryio (January 1, 1970 at 7:29 am)

There is something in there to think about concerning this idea that being "good" means being simple. And that it so happens that fascistic political movements (in his opinion) attempt to appeal to that. And that some of how this film attempts to get you to sympathize with the good side is the same thing used by the fascistic political movements to appeal in real life to the populace...

cokefueledadenoid (January 1, 1970 at 7:29 am)

I respect the guy and all, but this theory seems a bit far-fetched.

copyzawa (January 1, 1970 at 7:29 am)

Thank you very much! It seems that I have lots more work to do. I'm Japanese. Very interesting video. The word "Jew" seems irrelevant in this context. I think that's because it's hard for us Japanese to imagine what is like to be a Jew in Europe.

MrBloody32 (January 1, 1970 at 7:29 am)

"You will discover, to cut a long story short, that they are precisely depicted as a kind of a..."In case you're not a native English speaker, "to cut a long story short" is a synonym for "basically" or "essentially."At 1:05 it's:"They are presented as anti-intellectual, rooted in a narrow life, world, and so on."

copyzawa (January 1, 1970 at 7:29 am)

What is he saying on 0:48 "You will discover ... but they're" and on 1:05 "anti-intellectual brutal ... and so on"? I'm trying translating this into Japanese, just for my interest.

MrBloody32 (January 1, 1970 at 7:29 am)

I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with your statement, but you should know that Zizek is very much against political correctness and that it would most likely not influence his views.

NecroButcher91 (January 1, 1970 at 7:29 am)

The fact that he concludes that the Nazis in the film are actually Jewish caricatures just shows how irrational people can be when discussing racial issues in the present climate of political correctness and postmodern reletavism.

NecroButcher91 (January 1, 1970 at 7:29 am)

I think its a bit of a far cry to assume that the "exquisitely dressed Nazi bureacrats smoking expensive cigarettes" were necessarily a caricature of cosmopolitan, corrupt Jews. This is a fallacy of assuming that the qualities which one might associate with decadent Jews couldn't also be qualities associated with decadent Nazi's or (most likely) with decadence in general.

KajiCarson (January 1, 1970 at 7:29 am)

Thank you for your reply! I love that movie, and I'm truly going to find that commentary.