Rush Post #5

According to Dictionary.com, militarization is to equip something or someone with armed forces, military supplies, or the like. In the case of the film Triumph of the Will, however, a secondary definition becomes more apt. Militarization can also mean to imbue with militarism. This concept is strong in this piece of propaganda. It can been seen all through this film. From the national flags plastered on to every surface, the hundreds of troops who have long call-and-responses memorized, the perfect military style buzz-cuts on every young male, the chaotic fervor created by the appearance of the military leaders. Nearly everything shows the military influence that Hitler imbued his version of Germany with. This plays in to what we refer to as the Gaze. This piece emphasizes the fervor in which the people followed a charismatic leader and how easy it would be to be sucked in to the energy that followed the Nazi party in it campaign to reclaim Germany.