Image via WikipediaThe NFO and I actually managed to get out on a 'date night' for the first time in a Looooonnnggg time and see a movie. This marks, what I believe is our 5th movie in a theater...ever.
The Reader, starring Ralph Fiennes and a phenomenal Kate Winslett (she's not on the Titanic anymore) is a movie that is both soft-core porn (the 1st part) and a deep study into the post-war German psychology of Guilt.
As you know, I spent the year after I graduated from college in Germany studying this same topic, so it was near and dear to my heart (perhaps not the best phrase, but you get me.)
I thought it did a great job of delving into this sensitive topic and exploring it from an unusual angle...what is it like to have a romantic relationship with someone you later find out is a mass murderer?
That doesn't come up every day.
My general take on modern-day Germany is that they have earned the right to not be held accountable for the sins of a previous generation (i.e. they are not guilty of a crime), however, they do bear a unique historical responsibility to help remedy (what they can) and ensure that the world remembers the lesson.
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