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A 5 page research paper/essay that offers a viewer reaction and analysis of the first two episodes of Edgar Reitz’s 1984 TV series, Heimat: Eine Deutsche Chronik (Homeland: A Chronicle of Germany), which serves as an expansive canvas on which Reitz presents a vision of Germany’s past and the changes of modernity that overtook provincial life, shaping the twentieth century experience of the people of Schabbach (a fictional German village). This examination of the first two episodes of Reitz’s eleven-part series focuses on the various themes that Reitz establishes early on in the series, both from a narrative standpoint and also through superb use of cinematography and poetic imagery. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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presents a vision of Germanys past and the changes of modernity that overtook provincial life, shaping the twentieth century experience of the people of Schabbach (a fictional German village). The
following examination of the first two episodes of Reitzs eleven-part series focuses on the various themes that Reitz establishes early on in the series, both from a narrative standpoint and
also through superb use of cinematography and poetic imagery. The principal and underlying theme of the series is indicated in its title. The opening shot shows a boulder on
which is carved "Made In Germany" (in English). The title of "Heimat" is superimposed in large letters over this insignia. With this insignia, Reitz appears to be announcing to an
international audience that this narrative will present a uniquely German perspective on twentieth century history and the forces that brought on World War II. Reitz indicated in an interview that
"Heimat" is a word that complex cultural connotations for Germans. He said that evoked in him a "feeling of something lost or very far away," which the closer one gets
to it, the most elusive it becomes (Kaes 163). In other words, the cultural connotation for "Heimat" goes beyond simply "homeland," as it connotes images of security, warmth, hearth and
home, but in a mythical way that remains difficult to obtain and hold on to. The first episodes of the series begin the process of establishing "heimat" as a poetic
ideal, defining it in terms of scenes from provincial village life. The first scene starts with a long shot of a meadow, over which there is superimposed the precise
date, "May 9, 1919, a Friday." This is followed by the more text that indicates that the man walking across the meadow is Paul Simon, who is returning from fighting
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