Wim Wenders: Land of Plenty - Wenders Hassliebe zu den USA am Beispiel eines Films aus dem Jahr 2004

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Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject History Europe - Other Countries - Newer History, European Unification, grade: 2,0, University of California, Berkeley (Department of History), course: U.S. Cultural and Intellectual History: Global Contexts, language: English, abstract: Wim Wenders'? ambiguity,? the? love-hate? relationship? with? the? United? States? was? the? main? force? behind? the? production? of? 'Land? of ?Plenty'? (2004). ?It? was ?shot ?within ?three? weeks ?with? a? small? digital? amateur? camera,? and? only? because? the? production? of? his? next? film? 'Don't? come ?knocking'? (2005) ?got? delayed.? The? entire ?production? of? the ?movie ?took? not more? than? six ?weeks.? Without? a? doubt,? it? is ?Wenders'? most ?political? film? so ?far.? As ?a ?Christian,? one? (or,? as? he? stated? once,? even? his? initial)? idea? for? the? film? was? 'to? set? a? radically? contrary ?idea? of? being ?Christian? against? the? fundamentalist ?Christendom' ?of? the ?Bush? administration.? His? ambition? was? to? 'fight? against? the? treason? [on? democracy? and? freedom? and]? on ?all? what ?is? left ?of? my? childhood? myth.' As? stated ?in ?the? press ?release? for 'Land ?of ?Plenty',? it ?is? a? 'film? about ?the ?country ?he ?has? been ?concerned? with? for? many? years? and? which? he? loves',? a? 'very? personal'? and? 'sanguine? film? about? those? who? still? stand? for? this? country's? possibilities? [...],? a? political? essay.' Typical? for? his? artistic? approach,? Wenders? did? not? want ?to? make? an ?'angry'? film, but ?one ?that? could? contribute? to ?'healing';? a? profound? difference? to? films by Michael? Moore,? a ?name ?often? dropped ?in? Germany? in? the? context? of? 'Land? of? Plenty'.? Wenders,? as? he? stated? himself,? wanted? to? explore? the? same? territory? as? Moore,? but,? of? course,? in? his? very? own? way.? In? direct? comparison? to? Moore?, the? Süddeutsche? Zeitung,? for? example,? grants? Wenders? 'more? complex,? sadly? beautiful,? inconceivable? images' and? an? overall? more? convincing? approach.?