Abstract
In her chapter Elena Caoduro explores far-right terrorism in Fatih Akin’s film, In the Fade (2017), focusing on the representation of a grieving mother and the blurring of the conventions of the action film and melodrama. Differently from other contemporary films about terrorism which take the perspective of the perpetrators, or those fighting terrorism, Akin shifts the attention to the victims and survivors of terrorist violence proposing a visceral portrayal of bereavement and revenge. Following the tripartite subdivision of the film in chapters, Caoduro argues that space (the domestic space, the institutional space of the courthouse, and the natural landscape of Greece) becomes a social environment where motherhood, grief and violence are intertwined because power and gender relations are often negotiated and embedded through setting.
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Films
Arlington Road. Directed by Mark Pellington, United Kingdom/United States, 1998.
Betrayed. Directed by Costa Gavras. United States, 1988.
Combat Girls (Kriegerin). Directed by David Wnendt. Germany, 2011.
The Cut. Directed by Fatih Akin. Canada/France/Germany/Italy/Poland/Turkey, 2014.
The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite). Directed by Fatih Akin. Germany-Turkey, 2007.
Head-On (Gegen die Wand). Directed by Fatih Akin. Germany/Turkey, 2004.
Imperium. Directed by Daniel Ragussis. USA, 2016.
Inglorious Basterds. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. USA/Germany, 2009.
In the Fade (Aus dem Nichts). Directed by Fatih Akin. Germany/France, 2017.
Kill Bill: Volume 1. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. USA, 2003.
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Directed by Martin McDonagh. USA/UK, 2017.
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Caoduro, E. (2021). In the Fade: Motherhood, Grief and Neo-Nazi Terrorism in Contemporary Germany. In: Caoduro, E., Randell, K., Ritzenhoff, K.A. (eds) Mediated Terrorism in the 21st Century. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73511-1_10
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