The WAVE

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“ The Wave (Die Welle) is a compelling German film that premiered at Sundance in 2008.  It's based on an actual experience of a high school class in Palo Alto, CA in April 1967,  and demonstrates how groups of people can be manipulated.  Eric Hoffer on celluloid. There was a 1980's version that's nowhere close to being as well done or dramatic at this German (subtitled) remake.  I want to say that everyone should watch it, but that presupposes that everyone agrees with my taste in film.  Instead I'll say, "Hey, someone captured  Soros and Obama creating the Occupy Movement.  And it was soooooo easy."   Even if you're well versed in The True Believer, watching it happen is chilling— and instructive.  Plus,   Christiane Paul is just lovely. On Instant Watch Netflix On Amazon for $3.95 PS - I found this screen cap interesting.  Here the protagonist, high school teacher high-school teacher Rainer Wenger,  picks up his mail.  Earlier, a student had also used Bush as an example of a modern day dictator.  It brings to mind the Nazi belt buckle shown in The Longest Day, inscribed with the legend "Gott ist mit uns."   So I suppose it's probable that Obamunists view the Founding Fathers as  die Diktatoren,  and the concept of "Freedom" a mass movement of zealots.  . ”