Am Ende der Gewalt (1997)

Am Ende der Gewalt: Directed by Wim Wenders. With Traci Lind, Rosalind Chao, Bill Pullman, Andie MacDowell. Mike is a successful Hollywood producer of violent movies. Then he himself experiences extreme violence, goes missing, joins some Latino gardeners and reviews his life.

“Iu0026#39;m not surprised that a child would not understand this movie. To me it was very meaningful, but only in terms of lived experience in jobs and politics. Itu0026#39;s really u0026quot;Brave New World,u0026quot; where authority figures keep order by putting up cameras everywhere and intervening to eliminate anyone who is disorderly or criminal. Violence is a huge preoccupation, but only tolerated as make-believe — but the make-believe gets confused with real violence. Control, transgression, power are the pivots of the well-to-do. Ashcroft stuff.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut the Mexican and immigrant families offer a warmer, truer alternative. In the end, they are more powerful because they are free and can think. The Kinkou0026#39;s episode, in which the police are defeated from taking control by their own preconceptions, is a good example. As underlings, laborers, the Mexicans understand whatu0026#39;s at stake and they are everywhere, invisible to their employers. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe intellectual technician doesnu0026#39;t catch on until itu0026#39;s too late.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIu0026#39;m told that what I saw was a re-cut and that the early version was indeed chaotic with a lot of loose ends. All I can say is that now this is one of the videos I rewatch and ponder.”