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Post by augiesannie on Feb 22, 2024 19:05:09 GMT
Also interesting to see how they tweaked Max’s character for the movie. In the play, I think he actually has some kind of low level official arts appointment - and I agree with goldenbeauty that in the movie he is trying to stay neutral. Remember when he refers to “your people” to Zeller? That’s pretty brave.
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Post by indigoblue on Feb 24, 2024 0:08:23 GMT
Max always seems to be surprisingly upbeat at the concert, in front of the microphone.
Is all this a show, or has he got some secret getaway of his own?
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Post by reverendcaptain on Feb 24, 2024 1:00:07 GMT
Max always seems to be surprisingly upbeat at the concert, in front of the microphone. Is all this a show, or has he got some secret getaway of his own? I think he has a plan. He’s always scheming. Though, it had to be figured out once he got to the festival because he didn’t know he needed an escape plan until Zeller showed up. Hmm. Maybe Fraulein Schweiger isn’t as clueless as she seems and has a car ready out the side door for Max? Seriously though, there were many grumbles in the audience when Max mentioned the Third Reich. He probably could have found someone willing to help him if he explained the situation to them.
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Post by reverendcaptain on Feb 24, 2024 1:14:07 GMT
I don't think he said anything if he put the pieces together. Because I feel like if he did bring it up to Georg it would be something he might question Elsa about or at least not be so curious as to why Maria left. Max is such an interesting character to me. As non-comital and apolitical as he claims to be... I don't think that's exactly true. When Herr Zeller and another one of his men approach Max after the Anschluss, he is reluctant to do the Hitler salute. He really only does it because Herr Zeller makes it a point to point out his position in Austria now to where he really has no choice, and he says it reluctantly both times. The second time he seems put off by it. I just think his position is to keep his head low, and not get in any trouble. Though "what's going to happen is going to happen, just make sure it doesn't happen to you" and "the Anschluss happened peacefully we should at least be grateful about that." Are 2 of the craziest lines in the entire movie. He really did pull through at the end though, and I like to think he got away and perhaps met up with the family somehow down the line. To think otherwise is far too depressing. I agree. Max has way more political convictions than he lets on. What do you think about the conversation he has with Liesl at the festival practice? He has just basically wiped his nose instead of doing a Hitler salute, but then when Liesl asks if her father is going to be in trouble, he says he doesn’t have to be. The thing to do is to get along with everyone. What does that mean at this point? Does he think Georg should accept the commission so as to not make trouble? He knows Georg better than that, doesn’t he?
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Post by augiesannie on Feb 25, 2024 0:36:42 GMT
Right, it’s not like there’s some other more palatable option for Georg.
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Post by indigoblue on Feb 29, 2024 0:41:30 GMT
I always assumed Fraulein Schweiger's endless bowing was a delaying tactic that they had organised to give them more time to get away.
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Post by reverendcaptain on Feb 29, 2024 20:29:53 GMT
I always assumed Fraulein Schweiger's endless bowing was a delaying tactic that they had organised to give them more time to get away. I've wondered about this too. Her antics do seem like a convenient delay. Did Max select her to perform too, and therefore knew something of her and her politics? St. Agatha's (where Fraulein Schwieger is a soloist) looks to be 40 miles away from Salzburg. Does Georg let Max drive around the country all day in his car and then drink his wine all night? Seems like a pretty sweet set up.
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Post by reverendcaptain on Mar 2, 2024 0:41:19 GMT
Wait, if her bowing during her announcement was planned, then it had to be planned that she’d win second or third place. And it had to be planned that the VonTrapps would take first prize. How many acts were in this competition? Are the judges in on the escape plan too??
Or maybe no one knew who was going to win and the VonTrapps lucked out getting first, so Georg talked to Fraulein Schwieger on his way out the door and asked her to slow down her acceptance and this is what she came up with on the fly?
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Post by indigoblue on Mar 2, 2024 0:53:51 GMT
I think Georg might have called in his favours as a national hero when he saw her backstage, and asked just this; it's a funny thing to do, to keep bowing like that, so maybe it was all she could think of on the spur of the moment! Also, it means Fraulein Schweiger cannot be accused of doing anything wrong.
It also explains Max's look of satisfaction, as if he knew exactly what she was up to - otherwise, he might have looked a little surprised...
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