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<p> Steven Soderbergh’s The Good German (2006), while grounding itself in WWII, casts a wide net as it attempts to examine the role of memory, the difficulty of assigning guilt, determining justice, defining the past, and writing history. Its nuanced treatment of these issues is enhanced by its complex ethnic characterizations and its contextualization among a group of WWII American cinematic classics. This ultimately leads to a shift in viewer reception aimed at creating greater understanding and empathy.</p>
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Steven Soderbergh’s The Good German (2006), while grounding itself in WWII, casts a wide net as it attempts to examine the role of memory, the difficulty of assigning guilt, determining justice, defining the past, and writing history. Its nuanced treatment of these issues is enhanced by its complex ethnic characterizations and its contextualization among a group of WWII American cinematic classics. This ultimately leads to a shift in viewer reception aimed at creating greater understanding and empathy.

Cinematic Memory and The Americanization of The Holocaust

Romanian Journal of English Studies

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Steven Soderbergh’s The Good German (2006), while grounding itself in WWII, casts a wide net as it attempts to examine the role of memory, the difficulty of...

Cinematic Memory and The Americanization of The Holocaust

Published Online: Feb 21, 2013

Page range: 138 - 146

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0015-x

Keywords
Film Noir, Jewish representation, identity, memory, WWII

© 2012 by Versita

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Cinematic Memory and The Americanization of The Holocaust

Published Online: Feb 21, 2013

Page range: 138 - 146

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10319-012-0015-x

KeywordsFilm Noir, Jewish representation, identity, memory, WWII

© 2012 by Versita

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Film Noir, Jewish representation, identity, memory, WWII