Berlin Calling: Reaction and Answers

Bobby Backes

Berlin Calling Reaction Paper

           

            The movie Berlin Calling is a very interesting film.  It showed how drugs can affect people and how music is a big part of German youth. Ickarus was the main character in the film. He was a DJ that struggled with drug abuse. He was a very talented person when it came to music but his drug addiction began to affect his ability to create quality music.  One night when he was at the club Ickuras took a hardcore drug and that night changed his life forever. He was brought to a rehab center where he struggled with authority. After being detained in the rehab center he final became independent from drug abuse. While being drug free his music becomes incredible better. The only problem now is that he has a hard time existing in a world without drugs. His ability to function in the world is tough but his love for music keeps him going.

            The cultural differences that jumped out at me that I would not have to seen in the U.S. is the type of music, drug abuse, ability to get jobs, and sex. The music that people listen to in German is different then what we listen to in the United States. The Music they listen to is Techno and that is not popular here. Even though there is drug abuse and addiction in the U.S. it is not seen like it was in the film. The ability to find work in Germany is another aspect that is different from the United States. In my life it has been easy to find work even though the economy is struggling. People that want to work in the United States can find a job, it might not be the job they want but they can find a job unlike people in Germany. Another major cultural difference is the sex. In Germany people are having sex in the bathrooms of clubs which I have never seen in the U.S. This was a very interesting film that showed a certain aspect of Germany that I have never seen before.

Answers to the Questions

1. Ickarus is addicted to drugs. He thinks he needs them to relax do to his struggles in life.
2. His fans take drugs so they can escape reality. They take drugs when they are at the club and it is in pill for or cocaine.
3. They focus on drugs because that is all they have. Their voice is unheard and they take drugs to escape reality.
4. People in my home town work hard and tend to stay away from drugs. They like to drink beer and have a good time but do not take drugs in the public seen.
5. This film may have some people concerned about Germany’s future but it is only one aspect of this great industrial nation that is depicted. The work ethic is not very strong in Ickarus while he is on drugs but it tends to get a lot better when he cleaned up.
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