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[BALKANIZE DEUTSCHE BANK][Analyzing a life during the changes of the German Reunification in 1989/90 _ source: the german movie ‘Good Bye Lenin!”]
[DVD: Good Bye Lenin, director: Wolfgang Becker, www.79qmddr.de]
[date of occurrence: Feb. 13, 2003]
[place of occurrence: Germany]
[filed by: KR; date: March 2005]
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Balkanization _ Project Katja Rinderspacher _ Pratt Institute _ Spring 2005
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[BALKANIZE DEUTSCHE BANK][Good Bye Lenini! Story outline]
[DVD: Good Bye Lenin, director: Wolfgang Becker, www.79qmddr.de]
[date of occurrence: Feb. 13, 2003]
[place of occurrence: Germany]
[filed by: KR; date: March 2005]
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Alexander's mother falls into a coma.
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While she is in the hospital, the wall comes down.The mother sleeps through all the changes…
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… everything she believed in vanishes in just a few months.
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She is wakes up after 8 months, but the doctors tell Alexander that she will not survive a second heart attack.
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Alex must protect her from any type of excitement,so he redecorates her room and brings her home.
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He starts creating her ‘world in Eastern Germany’ and at the same time creates his own version of the former DDR.
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[BALKANIZE DEUTSCHE BANK][Fragmentation of Alexander’s life through changes in products and food]
[DVD: Good Bye Lenin, director: Wolfgang Becker, www.79qmddr.de]
[date of occurrence: Feb. 13, 2003]
[place of occurrence: Germany]
[filed by: KR; date: March 2005]
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[BALKANIZE DEUTSCHE BANK][Fragmentation of Alexander’s life through changes in clothing]
[DVD: Good Bye Lenin, director: Wolfgang Becker, www.79qmddr.de]
[date of occurrence: Feb. 13, 2003]
[place of occurrence: Germany]
[filed by: KR; date: March 2005]
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[BALKANIZE DEUTSCHE BANK][Fragmentation of Alexander’s life through changes in jobs]
[DVD: Good Bye Lenin, director: Wolfgang Becker, www.79qmddr.de]
[date of occurrence: Feb. 13, 2003]
[place of occurrence: Germany]
[filed by: KR; date: March 2005]
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[BALKANIZE DEUTSCHE BANK][Fragmentation of Alexander’s life: Comparison of the appearances of the news broadcasts (in Eastern Germany _ Alexander’s invented news _ Western Germany)]
[DVD: Good Bye Lenin, director: Wolfgang Becker, www.79qmddr.de; www.heute.de; http://home.att.ne.jp/apple/berlin/baustelle/BAUSTELLE/Bau.berlinale.goodbyelenin.html]
[date of occurrence: Feb. 13, 2003]
[place of occurrence: Germany]
[filed by: KR; date: March 2005]
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Manipulation of the reality
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[BALKANIZE DEUTSCHE BANK][Fragmentation of Alexander’s life through the changes after the well came down]
[DVD: Good Bye Lenin, director: Wolfgang Becker, www.79qmddr.de]
[date of occurrence: Feb. 13, 2003]
[place of occurrence: Germany]
[filed by: KR; date: March 2005]
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Historical facts vs. Alexander’s invented reality
(= Alexander’s search for identity)
Alexander’s life in East Berlin
Alexander’s invented DDR
historical facts about the reunification
Alexander’s life in the reunited Germany
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[BALKANIZE DEUTSCHE BANK][Fragmentation of Alexander’s life through the changes after the well came down]
[DVD: Good Bye Lenin, director: Wolfgang Becker, www.79qmddr.de]
[date of occurrence: Feb. 13, 2003]
[place of occurrence: Germany]
[filed by: KR; date: March 2005]
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old life
historical facts
new life
invented life
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[BALKANIZE DEUTSCHE BANK][Fragmentation of Alexander’s life through time (= length of the movie)]
[DVD: Good Bye Lenin, director: Wolfgang Becker, www.79qmddr.de]
[date of occurrence: Feb. 13, 2003]
[place of occurrence: Germany]
[filed by: KR; date: March 2005]
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Historical facts vs. Alexander’s invented reality
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[BALKANIZE DEUTSCHE BANK][Fragmentation of Alexander’s life through time (= length of the movie)]
[DVD: Good Bye Lenin, director: Wolfgang Becker, www.79qmddr.de]
[date of occurrence: Feb. 13, 2003]
[place of occurrence: Germany]
[filed by: KR; date: March 2005]
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[BALKANIZE DEUTSCHE BANK][Fragmentation of words used within the two parts of the country _ grey= DDR, red= BRD]
[www.79qmddr.de]
[date of occurrence: 2003]
[place of occurrence: Germany]
[filed by: KR; date: March 2005]
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Broiler_
Arbeiterschließfach_
Aktuelle Kamera_
Auslegware_
Beschwerdebuch_
Cellophantüte_
Datsche_
Arbeiterversorgung_
Kaufhalle_
Grilletta_
Ein-Raum-Wohnung_
Brettsegeln_
Delikat-Laden_
Marmor-Jeans_
Pop-Gymnastik_
Kaviarbrot_
Silberpapier_
Ket-Wurst_
Kosmonaut_
Pionier_
Gastmahl des Meeres_
Römerlatschen_
Puff-Mais_
Weiße Maus_
Dispatcher_
_Brathähnchen
_Neubauwohnung _Supermarkt _Wochenendhäuschen
_Ein-Zimmer-Wohnung
_Frühstückspause
_Hamburger_Lebensmittelgeschäft_Gästebuch
_Plastiktüte
_Surfen
_Aerobic
_Stone-washed Jeans
_Tagesschau
_Alu-Folie
_Hot-Dog
_Sandalen
_Pfadfinder
_Fischrestaurant
_Organisator
_Teppichboden
_Popcorn
_Astronaut_Verkehrspolizist
_Baguettebrot
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[BALKANIZE DEUTSCHE BANK][Fragmentation/ Amalgamation of symbols of the two parts of Germany _ left=DDR, right=BRD]
[www.osthits.de/shop/index.php; www.tagesschau.de, www.heute.de, etc.]
[date of occurrence]
[place of occurrence: Germany]
[filed by: KR; date: March 2005]
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[BALKANIZE DEUTSCHE BANK][Fragmentation/ Amalgamation of products of the two parts of Germany _ left=DDR, right=BRD]
[www.osthits.de/shop/index.php; www.tagesschau.de, www.heute.de, etc.]
[date of occurrence]
[place of occurrence: Germany]
[filed by: KR; date: March 2005]
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[BALKANIZE DEUTSCHE BANK][Amalgamation of sumbols of the two parts of Germany _ example: The Berlin Wall]
[www.ebay.com, www.time.com]
[date of occurrence: 2004/05]
[place of occurrence: Germany, United States]
[filed by: KR; date: March 2005]
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