Berlin Calling
To be honest I wasn't expecting much from watching the movie. It was strikingly more interesting than I could of ever imagined. The main character Ickarus was an up and coming DJ who created and "DJ'ed" his own music. Now to keep up with his fast and up beat lifestyle Ickarus turns to drugs to keep him awake. Drugs mean life to him, he doesn't go DJ anywhere without them, you could say they are a part of his life. Same thing goes for his fans. They find it appropriate to take and do the drugs at the clubs he is performing, they do it because everyone else is doing it, so why not. The drugs come in many different forms from snorting it, taking pills, or even smoking it, and there is many different drugs. There's cocaine, ecstasy, all sorts of depressants, you could say alcohol but that's not really a drug.
As we see Ickarus fall ill and into psychotic ways we realize it's because of the drugs that he takes that got him there. Now even while Ickarus is in rehab his fan group or "subculture", they still focus on drugs as the main part of their "culture". They focus on drugs because they find it's the only way to "get away" and just relax from all of their troubles. It excites them and makes them feel good whether they are listening to his music or just hanging out with friends. In some ways you could compare them to some groups of kids in our country as well because we all know it happens. Which then we then see contrasts between our culture and the culture depicted in the movie. I know that parents want the best for their kids and want them to do whatever their heart desires. It's mildly disturbing to see that they let him drop out and become a up and coming DJ, seems a little far fetched. From my experience it seems as if they are more into drugs than our teenage society. They seem more free to do as they please, they seem to party a lot at clubs rather than at houses as we like to do. Their manner of how to do things is a little different too, as in I felt like they were more blunt then we can be. There is a lot more I could name off but I will just point out the big ones.
Germany is a strong industrious nation, and in the film the youth seemed to dominant the population. So could they change the way Germany is? I would say yes. It only takes one person, then hundreds, thousands etc. to get their point across. Normally some youth like to be rebellious, which is typical. Although if they could change it, the use of drugs would flow much smoother and be easier to access. As for the work ethics of Ickarus and Alice I would hope that they wouldn't change it, unless it was for the better. Ickarus is dedicated to his job, which is very important. Alice has the right mind to fire Ickarus, and as he shows he can perform again she re-hires him.
As I stated earlier, I wasn't expecting too much out of the film once it started. Then it really picked up when Ickarus had incident with the bad drug and eating in the hotel. I've never seen such a thing happen so that was really enlightening to see. The attitude of everyone in the film was surrounded by doing what's best for themselves and maybe the people around them. It was interesting to see how much more forward they were or blunt about things they were saying or did. I was overall please with the film because it just goes to show there is a whole different world out there, whether it's in another city or another country. Typically I wouldn't find as many youth doing drugs or even going to clubs as I saw in the movie. I mean I would expect some to do it, but not as many as they had doing. Also the fact that Ickarus's father who was a priest, let him drop out of school and become a DJ just mesmerizes me. It would be the talk of the town if that happened anywhere in the U.S., but as it seems in the movie his father wasn't exactly proud, just indifferent. I wondered if I could live in Germany after seeing that movie, and I figured that I could, but I just might not go clubbing or partying every night. I was glad we got to see the movie, even if we had to sit for an hour and forty minutes in not the most comfortable chairs, it was well worth it. I would definitely recommend it to someone who wanted to see a German film.
Germany is a strong industrious nation, and in the film the youth seemed to dominant the population. So could they change the way Germany is? I would say yes. It only takes one person, then hundreds, thousands etc. to get their point across. Normally some youth like to be rebellious, which is typical. Although if they could change it, the use of drugs would flow much smoother and be easier to access. As for the work ethics of Ickarus and Alice I would hope that they wouldn't change it, unless it was for the better. Ickarus is dedicated to his job, which is very important. Alice has the right mind to fire Ickarus, and as he shows he can perform again she re-hires him.
As I stated earlier, I wasn't expecting too much out of the film once it started. Then it really picked up when Ickarus had incident with the bad drug and eating in the hotel. I've never seen such a thing happen so that was really enlightening to see. The attitude of everyone in the film was surrounded by doing what's best for themselves and maybe the people around them. It was interesting to see how much more forward they were or blunt about things they were saying or did. I was overall please with the film because it just goes to show there is a whole different world out there, whether it's in another city or another country. Typically I wouldn't find as many youth doing drugs or even going to clubs as I saw in the movie. I mean I would expect some to do it, but not as many as they had doing. Also the fact that Ickarus's father who was a priest, let him drop out of school and become a DJ just mesmerizes me. It would be the talk of the town if that happened anywhere in the U.S., but as it seems in the movie his father wasn't exactly proud, just indifferent. I wondered if I could live in Germany after seeing that movie, and I figured that I could, but I just might not go clubbing or partying every night. I was glad we got to see the movie, even if we had to sit for an hour and forty minutes in not the most comfortable chairs, it was well worth it. I would definitely recommend it to someone who wanted to see a German film.
