Average Reviews:
(More customer reviews)The thesis of this documentary is that the extraordinary
sexual freedom and license in the 1920-1930's in three cities
(Berlin, Paris, & Shanghai) became a draw to the great artists
and literary figures of Europe. It is without doubt that Paris and Berlin did generate a renaissance of artistic creation during these decades but there were other factors such as
the flood of Russians from the excesses of communism, the
liberal attitudes of the Weimar republic, and the end of World War I so that artists did have an oppostunity to create without being engulfed in violent conflict. Nevertheless, the two DVD
set is thought provoking. For example, I learned that Berlin
waas the birthplace of the first film that dealt with the topic of homosexuals' struggling for acceptance in a hostile world. I also learned that Shanghai was totally ruled by gangsters so that even the police were hired from the ganster world. Overall,
a worthwhile documentary of a unique time in world history.
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Unique documentary series of 3 programs produced by the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) that separately profile the spontaneous growth, flowering and decay of Paris, Berlin and Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s, 3 cities that pushed the limits of tolerance and freedom during the period between the world warsand defined the social, political and sexual culture of the 20th Century. Contains nudity.
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