Postmodernism & Deutschland 83: blog task

Postmodernism & Deutschland 83: blog task

1.

- Even a poor quality product can be successful depending on how well it is marketed.
- The characters Bruno and Borat have more ‘reality’ for film audiences than their creator Sacha Baron Cohen

2.

Historical deafness suggests that the culture is losing its historical context  and historical knowledge is now based on media representations. Deutschland 83 contradicts this idea as it is a period drama made to educate people on the history of Germany during this time period.

3.

- People now tend to purchase things for the label rather than the actual product. They are willing to pay higher prices just for the brand rather than the quality of the product. 

- Jameson argues that this creates a cultural depthlessness

4.

- Pop music; low art

 samples classical music; high art

5.

Bricolage is something created from a range of different (available) things. 

Bricolage is used is Deutschland 83 when they are showing two different types of worlds in one country and they use mise en scene to create these scenes. 

6.

Audiences still watch and respond to classical structures and representations as they are used to it and may feel that it is more reassuring. This may be one of the audience pleasures as they would be using a structure that audiences are comfortable with which may also be more easier to understand and pick up small details.

7.

- Representation: In Deutschland 83 the character from the West was represented as the hero whereas the ones from East were represented as the villains. 

- Genre: the spy genre has been well presented in Deutschland 83 using elements of mise en scene such as costume and the props they used.

- Ideology is used in Deutschland 83 when they use binary opposition; East and West Germany.

8.

Modern texts include elements that reflect postmodernsim which is seen to be part of postmodern culture.

9.

Postmodernism is shown is Deutschland 83 by there posh,modern buildings and interior in their houses and offices. This shows development in the country and on top of that, shows the luxury and comfort they had in West Germany. 

10.

Audiences would enjoy the postmodern aspects of Deutschland 83 as the director has used Bricolage to construct a diverse range of things such as the idea of romance, family beliefs, war, action etc. and put it all together.