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Slovenia: Bicycle Cleaning & Film Das Experiment

Since the weather in Hrvatsko Zagorje, Croatia wasn't so good, we decided to return back home with bicycles on the back of the car, just like we planned.

Grega lent me his road bike for a month and since I'm returning it tomorrow I cleaned it up a little. Thanks Grega!

In the evening Nada and me decided to watch a film called Das Experiment, based on the Stanford prison experiment, a study of the psychological effects of becoming a prisoner or prison guard. The experiment was conducted at Stanford University on August 14–20, 1971, by a team of researchers led by psychology professor Philip Zimbardo. It was funded by the U.S. Office of Naval Research and was of interest to both the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps as an investigation into the causes of conflict between military guards and prisoners. The experiment is a classic study on the psychology of imprisonment and is a topic covered in most introductory psychology textbooks.

The novel Black Box, written by Mario Giordano and inspired by the experiment, was adapted for the screen in 2001 by German director Oliver Hirschbiegel as Das Experiment.

For two weeks, 20 male participants are hired to play prisoners and guards in a prison. The "prisoners" have to follow seemingly mild rules, and the "guards" are told to retain order without using physical violence.

Trailer for the film