Film/ The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

Abstract: A 5 page essay that analyzes the German-made film based on the novel by Heinrich Boll. The writer argues that it is a film that asks some hard questions about certain assumptions that are made in Western democratic societies, such as how far should freedom of the press be allowed to infringe on personal privacy? Katharina Blum shows that the right-wing paranoia that threatened American freedom during the McCarthy era is not a social phenomena exclusive to the US. Bibliography lists 1 source.

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Catagory: Film & Television

Subcatagory: Music, Film, Television, Theater & Photography

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