"Conquer millions of hearts, yours too, l am sure. Follow me, and you, too, will love me.”
A demonstration of an extremely clever orator.
As this episode of Mussolini: il figlio del secolo ended, I couldn’t think of anything more historically accurate. The sets, the soundtrack, the cinematography are set on a whole new level. This final episode is relentless.
I didn’t expect much, but i was proven wrong. Most of the scenes use that magnificent glory to reveal the allure of power in its most violent and merciless form. In the end, a lot of the style used here is actually fantastic and riffs on pre-war fascist storytelling aesthetics in a really contemporary way.
And of course, there was a lesson to be told. Dictatorships frequently gain power through the legitimised perception of democratic elections, which is one of the major lessons of the twentieth century. It first made an appearance in Ancient Greece, and is still relevant to this day.
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"Democracy is beautiful, it gives you a lot of freedom, even the freedom to destroy it. When it's done, we'll abolish it."*
"Conquer millions of hearts, yours too, l am sure. Follow me, and you, too, will love me.”
A demonstration of an extremely clever orator.
As this episode of Mussolini: il figlio del secolo ended, I couldn’t think of anything more historically accurate. The sets, the soundtrack, the cinematography are set on a whole new level. This final episode is relentless.
I didn’t expect much, but i was proven wrong. Most of the scenes use that magnificent glory to reveal the allure of power in its most violent and merciless form. In the end, a lot of the style used here is actually fantastic and riffs on pre-war fascist storytelling aesthetics in a really contemporary way.
And of course, there was a lesson to be told. Dictatorships frequently gain power through the legitimised perception of democratic elections, which is one of the major lessons of the twentieth century. It first made an appearance in Ancient Greece, and is still relevant to this day.
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"Democracy is beautiful, it gives you a lot of freedom, even the freedom to destroy it. When it's done, we'll abolish it."*