Watch film Altes Geld – Old Money, and then write review
Old Money shows a world in which crime becomes the logic of government, empathy equals human weakness, perversion becomes the last expression of inner desperation and greed is being confused with will power.
Nothing is holy to this elite except for their own lives. They seem to have no talent in being satisfied with what they have. To not die of their own meaninglessness, they desperately create their own catastrophes.
Morals are for the middle class. At the end of the day, Old Money is the human comedy. A comedy without a god.
Questions:
How does humor work in this show?
How do American compare to German/Austrian stories? What is specifically German/Austrian about the story?
How would you characterize the aesthetics (colors, camera shots, mise en scene) of the show?
What is the function of the grotesque/the absurd/the perverse?
What would be the differences between the Rauchensteiners and an American family of the same socio-economic standing?
What did you make of the movement “The Invisible Hand”, of which Tscheppe is a part?
How do you interpret the end?
How do you interpret David Schalko’s comment that there is no wrong audience for his show?
Is there a message?