1. What do drugs mean to Ickarus?
Drugs are a way for Ickarus to relax, and be himself. It is also something that all him and his friends have in common. When he parties, Ickarus does drugs.
2. Why, when, and how are his fans taking drugs, and which drugs do they take?
The drugs Ickarus's fans take are mainly designer drugs. LSD, MDMA, ketamine, crystal meth, PMA, MPA, and weed were all mentioned in the movie. They take drugs to make the music better and the parties more enjoyable. It is also something that everyone has in common, besides the music.
3. While we can see that his drug habits get him ill and into a psychosis, and while we witness his relapse and inability to work successfully, why does the subculture Ickarus is in focus on drugs?
The drugs are just another hobby that everyone that listens to music partakes in. It also allows the people to work very hard during the day and go to their little disco parties all night long.
4. Compare the standards you know from your home society with the people you see depicted in this movie. Which are the stark differences and contrasts?
In the movie i believe that there is more prostitutes, crappy hopitality in the psych ward, and a train takes people everywhere. I also noticed that Ickarus had a bunch of polo shirts with an emblum on the top right chest. They looked soccer shirts, which you barely see in America. The doctor smokes, there were no McDonald's, there were a few fat people, and the cars are small.
5. Germany is considered a strong industrial nation the world over. Do you think that the youth culture as depicted here could change that? How about work ethics of Ickarus and of Alice, the label director who fires and then re-signs him?
Their musc is industial so that changed in this generatiuon. Ickarus treated Aice(his boss) like crap. In the end,however, she still signed him and produced his record.
6. Which similar "cult movies" of US origin have you seen, if any?
I have seen Boondock Saints, Cheech and Chong, and Clerks.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
How was and is the book 'All quiet on the Western Front' received by readers and what does it stand for?
'All Quiet on the Western Front' was revieved by readers as a powerful tale. "
* 'Brian Murdoch's new English translation...shows that Remarque's evocation of the horrors of modern warfare has lost none of its force' - The Times *
'There are some books that should be read by every generation. The latest translation and republication of Remarque's story of German trench soldiers of the 1914-18 war gains even more authority in the context of the loss of life in wars that still rage from Bosnia to Kashmir' Chris Searle
* 'The book conquers without persuading, it shakes you without exaggerating, a perfect work of art and at the same time truth that cannot be doubted' Stefan Sweig" --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
These reviews were taken from amazon.com. My belief is that it had the same effect on me as it did many other people. 'All Queit on the Western Front' was a very impressionable book. According to these reviews it is modest and powerful. Every generation should read this book because it details what it's like to lose innocents while fighting at war. This book is like a wedge between the thought of going to war or having peace. If your on the edge of one of the two, choose this book and make a choice. The author uses a bone chilling tone to make you honestly feel bad for anyone in war. Mainly because you have no free choice, just an everlasting impression of hell. One thing that most of these interviews have in common is how great a book this is. Even though they were all taken from a website trying to sell the book, these are professional journals that are expressing their opinion. I love the quote by Stefan Sweigs review and how it say it conquers without persuading. That is a great quote to explain what should be done about going into any war.
http://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Western-Front-Erich-Remarque/dp/0449213943 (2011)
* 'Brian Murdoch's new English translation...shows that Remarque's evocation of the horrors of modern warfare has lost none of its force' - The Times *
'There are some books that should be read by every generation. The latest translation and republication of Remarque's story of German trench soldiers of the 1914-18 war gains even more authority in the context of the loss of life in wars that still rage from Bosnia to Kashmir' Chris Searle
* 'The book conquers without persuading, it shakes you without exaggerating, a perfect work of art and at the same time truth that cannot be doubted' Stefan Sweig" --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
These reviews were taken from amazon.com. My belief is that it had the same effect on me as it did many other people. 'All Queit on the Western Front' was a very impressionable book. According to these reviews it is modest and powerful. Every generation should read this book because it details what it's like to lose innocents while fighting at war. This book is like a wedge between the thought of going to war or having peace. If your on the edge of one of the two, choose this book and make a choice. The author uses a bone chilling tone to make you honestly feel bad for anyone in war. Mainly because you have no free choice, just an everlasting impression of hell. One thing that most of these interviews have in common is how great a book this is. Even though they were all taken from a website trying to sell the book, these are professional journals that are expressing their opinion. I love the quote by Stefan Sweigs review and how it say it conquers without persuading. That is a great quote to explain what should be done about going into any war.
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