The film continuously shifts its narrative from marxs. Working people have it harder and harder these daysand we believe that things will get better. Portraying ideas onscreen is always a daunting prospect in a feature film and yet, on this front, the young karl marx stands out as intelligent, stirring, literate and trilingual the. Thinking notoriously resists being captured on film, and mr. Karl marx city is a documentary film that doesnt have much to do with its east german namesake, karl marx city. The documentary karl marx city reveals the truth about a. This film is basically a documentary but basically jordan peterson is pointing out where cultural marxism has led and leading us. Marx reloaded is a 2011 german documentary film written and directed by the british writer and theorist jason barker. H aving received an oscar nomination for his documentary. Karl marx city, a hip little documentary by petra epperlein and michael tucker, examines another failed socialist project, the german democratic republic. In 1844 in paris, he meets friedrich engels, an industrialists son, who has been investigating the sordid birth of the british working class. Together, between censorship and the polices repression, riots. The young karl marx letterboxd social film discovery. The 2011 documentary film marx reloaded combines a marxian analysis of economic crisis with satirical animation sequences.
Pr raoul peck is the haitian filmmaker who has an oscar nomination this year with his james baldwin documentary i am not your negro. One interviewee explains why he refused to help with the making of the oscarwinning the lives of others on the grounds that, while gentiles helping jews in nazi germany was a historical fact the film had been pitched to him as a cold war schindlers list, there was no record whatsoever of stasi agents helping. Drawing on expert opinion and new evidence, she looks at karl marx and. The documentary explores the ongoing impact of his. She managed to get out in its last days and eventually married american filmmaker michael tucker. When the winner of the best documentary film was announced, codirector julia reichert chose to quote karl marx and friedrich engels 1848 political document. The series consisted of three episodes on the most influential economists of the modern era.
In the latest edition, a filmmaker paraphrased karl marxs communist manifesto from the stage, no less than when she received the award for best documentary for a film produced by barack obama. Some of karl marx city is a straight talkingheads documentary, and none the worse for it. Karl marx died on march 14, 1883, when he was 64, after succumbing to a bout of bronchitis. A woman tries to learn if her father was an east german informant in this hypnotically personal, guy maddinesque documentary. Very quickly, the two become best of friends and decide to collaborate in producing critical writings attacking contemporaneous thinkers as well as the status quo more generally. With august diehl, stefan konarske, vicky krieps, olivier gourmet. With christa epperlein, petra epperlein, uwe epperlein, volker epperlein. Stephanie flanders examines one of the most revolutionary and controversial thinkers of all. Karl marx city explores secrets and surveillance wbez. The early years of karl marx, friedrich engels and jenny marx, between paris, brussels and. Karl marxs ideas left an indelible stamp on the lives. Karl marx was a german philosopher during the 19th century. Not everyone shares the same view on his ideas but regardless marxs analyses and theories have motivated many people to take political action. I have just rewatched stephanie flanders economics editor at the bbc documentary series, masters of money, which was aired last year, with much interest.
Historical documentaries, biographical documentaries, british tv shows, docuseries. Karl marx city is a beautifully rendered film, both aesthetically and in the depiction of its subject material, that any documentary buff would enjoy. This was the first of a new series by historian bettany hughes exploring the lives and thoughts of three intellectual giants the others being. The codirector of his netflix film called american factory used the moment that the film won an oscar to quote the communist manifesto. The young karl marx 2017 subtitle indonesia filmgan. Peck often falls back on its most common analogues, scribbling and smoking.
Which is why it would be tempting to watch the new documentary karl marx cityanchored by codirector petra epperleins search to learn if. Karl marx 18181883 was a german philosopher and economist who became a social revolutionary as coauthor of the communist manifesto. Karl marx 18181883 karl marx was a philosopher and revolutionary who, with friedrich engels, wrote the communist manifesto, a pamphlet that provided a platform for the european socialist and. Epperlein and her codirector mike tucker joins wbez film. Julia reichert, the codirector of best documentary winner american factory, which was produced by former president barack obamas new film company, apparently quoted from karl marx and. The young karl marx premiered in the berlinale special section at the 2017 berlin film festival. More than once in karl marx city, a shrewd personal inquiry into the mass psychology of fear and oppression, documentary filmmaker petra epperlein can be seen walking the streets of the. Karl marx city stokes this fascination with all things stasi to demythologize it. Karl marx 5 may 1818 14 march 1883 was a philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Philosopher, historian and economist karl marx is a name thats back on everyones lips. Stay on top of the latest breaking film and tv news. Bettany hughes retraces the lives of thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world.
He was born in a middleclass family, studied political economy, and became one of the most influential individuals we have ever had. In the third and last episode, bbc economics editor stephanie flanders examines karl marx, one of the most revolutionary and controversial thinkers of all. Not the soviet story which isnt marxism the soviet system was a perversion of karl marxs ideas the soviet union was in actual fact a state capitalist system not what marx invisioned. Shot almost entirely in black and white, the stunning cinematography couples with archival footage of surveillance and propaganda to strike a tone that is altogether orwellian karl marx city is a beautifully rendered film, both aesthetically and in the depiction of its subject material, that any documentary buff would enjoy.
This awardwinning documentary explores the threat internet censorship imposes on free speech, innovation, and democracy. Whats a good documentary on karl marx, marxism, socialism, or. Eisensteins theory of montage owed its intellectual basis to marxist dialectics. In this film we meed activists, witnesses and experts who are able to reveal the true extent of karl marxs impact from the russian revolution until today. John maynard keynes, friedrich hayek and karl marx. The young karl marx could have been a deeply, moving, intellectually profound, and politically astute film like midnight cowboy, cinderella liberty or countless other films from the 70s. Karl marx gets shoutout during american factory oscars. Funny that the left, including the intellectuals, are avoiding debating peterson because every time they do he shows them for what they are. It was screened at the berlin film festival, from 919 february 2017. Whats a good documentary on karl marx, marxism, socialism. Karl marx city chillingly revisits life in the shadow of. The young karl marx le jeune karl marx is a 2017 historical drama film about karl marx directed by haitian filmmaker and political activist raoul peck, cowritten by peck and pascal bonitzer, and starring august diehl.
Karl marx city and the postideological surveillance state. The rise and fall of socialism, a 3hour documentary miniseries on pbs. Karl marx was a german philosopher, economist, political theorist, sociologist, journalist, and socialist. Karl marx city is a documentary that reminds us just how close and recent one of the most oppressive regimes was the western world. Wearied by evidence of deplorable working conditions, marx suggested that it was only a. Karl marx and his ideas have been represented in film in genres ranging from documentary to fictional drama, art house and comedy the marxist theories of socialism, communism, class struggle, ideology and political economy influenced early sovietera filmmakers such as dziga vertov and sergei eisenstein. Masters of money is a threeepisode bbc series produced in partnership with the open university. A filmmaker journey through the former east germany looking into her fathers 1999 suicide. Its at this moment that a chance meeting alters marxs life entirely. Historian bettany hughes explores the intellectual landscapes that helped shape the work of karl marx, friedrich nietzsche and sigmund freud. He worked primarily in the realm of political philosophy and was a famous advocate for communism. Born into an affluent family, karl marx was an angry rebel until a chance encounter with the philosophy of georg hegel transformed his thinking.
The film covers one year of the lives of karl marx igor kvasha and friedrich engels andrei mironov. Not the soviet story which isnt marxism the soviet system was a perversion of karl marxs ideas the soviet union was in actual fact a. Born into an affluent family, karl marx was an angry rebel until a chance. Born in prussia to a middleclass family, he later studied political. The early years of karl marx, friedrich engels and jenny marx, between paris, brussels and london. In her documentary film karl marx city epperlein chronicles her search for the truth. Engels, the dandy, provides the last piece of the puzzle to the young karl marxs new vision of the world. A critique of the analysis of karl marx within the bbcs. Marxs socialist ideals were wrought from the industrial revolution. Karl marx gets shoutout during barack obamaproduced film. Obama documentary oscar winner quotes communist manifesto. Pecks film touches on the endless amount of time that marx august diehl spent in rhetorical combat through letters, pamphlets, books, and backroom maneuvering at. Philip laudo, the knockturnal 10172016 very very interesting.
The contextual background filled in by historians and a highly perceptive expert on the wave of suicides. Two hundred years after his birth, the documentary who was karl marx. The film was directed by azerbayzhana mambetova and grigori roshal. The documentary explores the ongoing impact of his writings in europe and china.
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