Downfall

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Some demons are too extreme to comprehend, but Hirschbiegel’s film nonetheless provides a painfully unflinching glimpse into the outer workings of the mortally wounded Third Reich.

Throughout, we get a real sense of the enclosed, insane world of the bunker - but the director never allows us to lose sight of the dreadful plight of the rest of the battered city...

...Downfall isn’t so much “the case against Boeing” as it is the case against an economic system where doing whatever it takes to boost the price of stocks for shareholders matters more than the longterm health of the corporation...