Film: Language Does Not Lie

christopher · Jun 7, 2007

i caught this gripping doc on sundance channel earlier this week. check it out if you get a chance.

http://www.sundancechannel.com/films/500062969

later, chris

During the Nazi era, Victor Klemperer, a German of Jewish heritage, chronicled in his private diary the German government’s subversion of language as a means of thought control. Yet, Klemperer importantly noted, careful reading of totalitarian language always reveals the ideology hidden within the lie. Stan Neumann’s documentary considers the importance of Klemperer’s observation and the role of the witness in such situations, and reflects on how we must vigilantly observe how those in power manipulate language.
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