In the new film VALKYRIE, Brit actor BILL NIGHY plays one of a group of World War II German soldiers who conspire to kill ADOLPH HITLER. It’s a serviceable action/adventure that should please any 13 year-old-boy at a Saturday matinee. Critics, however, seem to be put off by the festival of accents (very few of them German) that are present in a film set in Germany.
We spoke with NIGHY recently and he told us he doesn’t see the problem. Listen in below:
Jeh Ho! « what to think?!
March 13th, 2009 at 3:12 am
[...] in appreciation of the blockbuster you must capitulate to Hollywood’s cultural hegemony and submit to suspension of disbelief. Sure enough, my Slumdog irritation is shared by only a few mainland Indians. The foreigners [...]
Previously on WTT « what to think?!
April 26th, 2011 at 2:19 am
[...] in appreciation of the blockbuster you must capitulate to Hollywood’s cultural hegemony and submit to suspension of disbelief – i.e. the good guys will speak American, the bad German, Russian or British and the dopey [...]