1. Drugs to Ickarus means relaxation and stress relief. Its freedom from his mind and his life and a chance to just escape his troubles.
2. Most of his fans are most likely taking drugs at the clubs while listening to his music. They most likely take the drugs as a way of expanding their minds and it makes the music that much better. They take drugs such as cocaine, Ecstasy, MDM, MDA, Ketamine.
3. The culture hes in focuses a lot on music and sex and I believe they take drugs because it makes the music they are listening/dancing to better and I'm sure it increases their sexual desires.
4. I think the youth culture depicted in Berlin Calling is more heavily involved in a party and drug type culture and while its certainly a part of the youth in America it seemed to play a bigger part in Germany. I would say the youth culture of America is more alcohol driven while the scenes in Berlin Calling made European youth seem more drug/ dance party centered.
5. I think the youth depicted in the movie could change that. They seemed to care less about school or your typical industrial job and instead seemed more interested in being care free and having fun, probably doing odd jobs here and there and just getting by. Ickarus was going to parties in the daytime so it doesn't seem like the youth is working too hard. Ickarus and and the label director were definitely dedicated to the music and had a strong work ethic. They both wanted to put out the best music they could.
6. I don't think I've ever seen a movie quite like Berlin Culture that focuses solely on looking at the lives of a younger generation like it did.
I thought Berlin Calling was a
fascinating choice for a movie.
Centering a movie on a guy who is viewed as a young member of society
who isn't really producing anything kind of seems like a boring choice for a
movie but it actually works out quite well in the end. I wanted to know what was going to happen to Ickarus next as you could see him slowly slip away from reality using drugs to
fill the darkness in his mind. The movie
does a good job of making you feel something for the character, he’s not just
some young guy but instead a person who is destroying his life and everything
he has. It made for a pretty darn good
story. I think the movie delivers a
pretty good message to younger kids that drugs really are something that shouldn't be taken and that can have some pretty terrible consequences. As for cultural differences that I noticed
one thing is that dancing or partying, going to raves or wherever they were
seemed to be pretty common. Another
thing was the use of drugs seemed to be more acceptable or people were just
more open about it. Everyone in the
movie seemed pretty cool about people taking drugs that were considered “soft”
or drugs that didn't really do any harm to the body. The club owner even seemed
cool with that guy selling drugs and even to encourage it most likely. It’s not that people don’t takes drug in America
because they most certainly do but it’s not such an open event and definitely
more secretive. Another thing I noticed
is young kids who weren’t in school or weren’t working and that seemed to be
natural and ok. In America that would be
considered lazy, most youth I would say choose to pursue college if they can
afford it. Overall I thought Berlin
calling was an enjoyable experience watching Ickarus ruin his life and pick it
back up again. The music was also pretty
good too.
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