Summary of Resenha de Vassoler: Arquitetura da destruição | Peter Cohen

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In this video, director and documentary filmmaker Peter Cohen discusses his 1989 film "Arquitetura da Destruição," which examines the Nazi war machine from a heterodox perspective. Cohen reveals the Nazi regime not only as a machine of war, but also as a hate-filled aesthetic and political ideology. He asks viewers to consider becoming members of his YouTube channel, which he describes as an open university, in order to support his project in a financial way.

• 00:00:00 In his video, Flávio Ricardo Vassoler discusses the 1989 documentary Arquitetura da Destruição, which examines the Nazi aesthetic of destruction. He points out that while the film doesn't shy away from showing the ruins of Nazi atrocities, it also examines the architecturally significant aspects of the Holocaust. Vassoler finishes the video by giving his viewers a brief review of the film, and asking them to leave their comments below. Flávio Ricardo Vassoler, author, educator, and YouTube personality, reviews the 1989 documentary Arquitetura da Destruição. The film, directed by Swedish Jews Peter Cohen, looks at the Nazi aesthetic of destruction, and its impact on the esthetic, political, and economic realms. Vassoler explains that while we typically associate the term "destruction" with randomness, the film shows that there is indeed a certain underlying logic to Nazi ruins. He goes on to say that, by watching this documentary, we can hope to reach even more people with its message of understanding the Nazi regime and its architects. Finally, he asks viewers to leave their comments below.
• 00:05:00 In this video, architect Peter Cohen discusses the architecture of destruction, which is the actor in the film. Franco is the actor, and Bruno Swiss actor. After the film A Fall, which he says will soon be resenhed here, Bruno guarantees the great actor Bruno Gomes, who died recently, was very accomplished. In the last hours of Hitler's life, I will leave the link to the film here. In this video, I sit down and leave the link for the films mentioned here. For the DVDs mentioned in this video, I want to say to you that the narrator of Arquitetura da Destruição, Bruno Gomes, is Peter Cohen. In a particular moment, Bruno Gates will say that World War II was a war fought with modern technologies used for ancient purposes. Peter Cohen will show that Adolf Hitler was a madman, obsessed with his Germanness, Ariana, metal metastasis of his Germany, and the other peoples of the world. First, the cavalryman templar, this romanesque knight who, like Hitler, was rejected by the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, will be shown to be a frustrated artist in the first moments of the film. He will be redemptive
• 00:10:00 In this video, Peter Cohen discusses the architectural destruction of Vassoler, which he calls "Arquitetura da destruição." He discusses how the artists featured in the exhibit were put into forced labor and subjected to various experiments, some of which resulted in death. Cohen also discusses how the Nazi regime used art to manipulate the population and legitimize their racist agendas.
• 00:15:00 According to Peter Cohen, an architect who spoke to Adolf Hitler and helped design some of the most notorious Nazi architecture, the Nazis were obsessed with creating "a beautiful, Greco-Roman world" that would be "supreme." In his documentary, "Arquitetura da Destruição," Cohen discusses the Nazi's attempt to create this beautiful world by mimicking the architecture and styles of great Roman and Greek cities. He argues that this destruction of other cultures and peoples was motivated by Hitler's misguided social Darwinism, and that the eventual ruination of Nazi Germany itself was inevitable. The documentary offers a unique perspective on the Nazi regime, and raises questions about the long-term effects of architectural projects that aim to create a "superior" race.
• 00:20:00 In this video, director and documentary filmmaker Peter Cohen discusses his 1989 film "Arquitetura da Destruição," which examines the Nazi war machine from a heterodox perspective, revealing its not only as a machine of war, but also as a hate-filled aesthetic and political ideology. Cohen asks viewers to consider becoming members of his YouTube channel, which he describes as an open university, in order to support his project in a financial way. He also invites viewers to watch his film reviews every Saturday at 10:00am.