Piotr Uklanski: The Nazis

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Summary: Fancy a Nazi?
Review: Surprise your guests! Uklanski's book consists of over a hundred film photos/posters showing film stars in the uniforms of various Nazi forces. By this seemingly innocent act Uklañski has brought out a whole range of meanings inherent in this morbid fascination with the Nazi aesthetic evinced by the film industry and its audiences. The book not only suggests that we submit to such fascinations in the most incredible forms; Uklañski intimates that such common fantasies and projections must inevitably be reflected in various ways in style, fashion, popular culture, where the real blends with the imaginary into something that can no longer be separated.

Rating:
Summary: Fancy a Nazi?
Review: Surprise your guests! Uklanski's book consists of over a hundred film photos/posters showing film stars in the uniforms of various Nazi forces. By this seemingly innocent act Uklañski has brought out a whole range of meanings inherent in this morbid fascination with the Nazi aesthetic evinced by the film industry and its audiences. The book not only suggests that we submit to such fascinations in the most incredible forms; Uklañski intimates that such common fantasies and projections must inevitably be reflected in various ways in style, fashion, popular culture, where the real blends with the imaginary into something that can no longer be separated.

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Summary: POP & UNPOP
Review: This is an art book like no other. Every possible star of stage or screen decked out in nazi regalia, from Ronnie Reagan to Peter Lorre & beyond. Not so much as a single word by way of explaination, thankfully. Art demands no explaination. If any were offered, it would undermine the effects of this mindnumbing panorama. This is the realm in which POP culture confronts & embraces the UNpopular. Get it while you can.