http://www.amazon.com/Legendary-Sin-Cities-Berlin-Shanghai/dp/B000CSUNTI Editorial Reviews Amazon.com If you think
today's society is the reigning champ at hitting record lows of
morality and decadence, think again. Surprisingly, our ancestors in a
lot of ways have us beat by miles. The three-part Canadian CBC
documentary
Sin Citiesfocuses on the most notoriously decadent cities in modern history:
Berlin, Paris and Shanghai during the 1920s and 1930s. And if you think
rampant drug use, openly promiscuous behavior, sado-masochism and
bizarre fetishes are modern phenomena, you may be surprised of what was
going in the early 20th century. What made these notoriously sinful
cities flourish was a unique gathering of artists, revolutionary
political ideas, highly valued foreign money, and an overwhelming
feeling of abandonment which was a direct byproduct of World War I's
ending. These variables bred a unique tolerance that allowed and
encouraged eroticism, permissiveness and deviant indulgences to openly
flourish. This documentary does an excellent job at explaining how
these cities rose, why they attracted the brightest and wealthiest, how
the cities flourished, their ultimate decline and why their infamous
pasts are still an integral part of their modern-day allure.
--Rob Bracco Product Description Unique documentary
series of 3 programs produced by the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting
Corporation) that separately profile the spontaneous growth, flowering
and decay of Paris, Berlin and Shanghai in the 1920s and 1930s, 3
cities that pushed the limits of tolerance and freedom during the
period between the world wars and defined the social, political and
***ual culture of the 20th Century. Contains nudity.
主题: 万恶的旧社会 
周五 九月 14, 2007 12:39 pm