After World War I, Germany was so economically devastated that the entire country ended up allowing a genocidal madman to become its leader. Needless to say, desperation can lead to some pretty poor decisions. Desperation can lead an enterprising sociopath to become a freelance cameraman documenting grizzly crimes with absolutely no moral or ethical hangups. Desperation can also lead a ratings starved news director to indulge and encourage said sociopath. I believe the official term for this is, "codependency". Each side bringing out the worst in the other and allowing things to escalate so rapidly that even if one wanted to put a stop to it all, they couldn't. It's a slipery slope towards oblivion. The world depicted in this film is absolutely frightening. All the more so because it's the world we are living in.
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