I'll admit when I first saw it, I didn't know what to think. It was just so random and surprising. Later on when I actually paused to think back on it, all of his teasing leading up to the event and his demeanor following made me think there was more to it. It just seemed too pivotal and important a scene to be taken for face value; a high-ranking Nazi Colonel exacting judgment and punishment on a traitor.
If that were the case, I believe it would have been handled with more clinical detachment, as opposed to the fervent way shown to us. And so it was only fair to deduce something of the personal, particularly in Landa's case.
Definitely. Books could be written on his possible motivation and attachment in true Freud and Foucault fashion, and we'll still be left wondering. I guess that's were Landa's appeal lies; in that he is so complex we'll never truly know for a fact what he is thinking.
But I concur with your reasoning; the thrill of the hunt and the prize to be won were certainly part of his motivation.
And that's the end of my rambling. XD
Thanks for reading; I'm glad it offered you a different perspective to consider!
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Re: here from operation_kino
Date: 2009-09-24 05:32 am (UTC)madnessfandom!I'll admit when I first saw it, I didn't know what to think. It was just so random and surprising. Later on when I actually paused to think back on it, all of his teasing leading up to the event and his demeanor following made me think there was more to it. It just seemed too pivotal and important a scene to be taken for face value; a high-ranking Nazi Colonel exacting judgment and punishment on a traitor.
If that were the case, I believe it would have been handled with more clinical detachment, as opposed to the fervent way shown to us. And so it was only fair to deduce something of the personal, particularly in Landa's case.
Definitely. Books could be written on his possible motivation and attachment in true Freud and Foucault fashion, and we'll still be left wondering. I guess that's were Landa's appeal lies; in that he is so complex we'll never truly know for a fact what he is thinking.
But I concur with your reasoning; the thrill of the hunt and the prize to be won were certainly part of his motivation.
And that's the end of my rambling. XD
Thanks for reading; I'm glad it offered you a different perspective to consider!