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"What is a director that cannot direct?"
"The lives of others" (= Das leben der anderen") is a wonderful film directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, that won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Truth to be told, I hadnt heard his name before, but I am certain that I will not forget it now. This film, his debut as a director, is simply exceptional. An engaging political thriller, this movie is at the same...
Publié le Mai 6 2007 par bel_78
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one great performance does not make this a classic
One thing this movie evokes is how dull life in East Germany was for both those who work for the state and those who were watched by the state. The movie also tried to tell us that this actress Christa-Maria is some sort of wonderful actress but the stage scenes at the start show the corniest of all theatrical acting. If she's so "great," I certainly don't see it onstage...
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"What is a director that cannot direct?", Mai 6 2007
"The lives of others" (= Das leben der anderen") is a wonderful film directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, that won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Truth to be told, I hadnt heard his name before, but I am certain that I will not forget it now. This film, his debut as a director, is simply exceptional. An engaging political thriller, this movie is at the same time a complex study regarding the power of choices, and the way we behave when faced to our worst fears.
The story is set in East Germany in 1984, when the lack of freedom and the zeal of the Secret Police (Stasi) were pervasive. Captain Gerd Wiesler (Ulrich Mühe) is an agent that specializes in discovering "traitors", that is, those that dont agree with everything that the government says. Wiesler is very good at his job, and has no mercy for those that dont add up to his ideal of what a good socialist should be.
That is probably the reason why his superior assigns him the task of of spying on Georg Dreyman (Sebastian Koch), a well-known socialist playwright that is nonetheless suspicious, due to his friends. Dreyman lives with his girlfriend, Christa-Maria Sieland (Martina Gedeck), a talented actress that loves him but has sexual trysts with a powerful government official that promises her that she will never be in the black list of artist that cannot work.
As Wiesler learns more about the couple, thanks to the hidden microphones his team installed in their apartment, he starts warming towards them. He even protects them when Dreyman becomes actively involved in "subversive" activities, as a reaction to the suicide of a friend that had been blacklisted. But how far will Wiesler risk himself? And can human beings really change?
Strangely enough, "The lives of others" tackles those difficult questions in a manner that leaves nothing to be desired, and makes you think almost involuntarily about many more that have to do with them. On the whole, I must say that I cannot recommend this film strongly enough. Please dont miss it...
Belen Alcat, May 2007
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A very powerful movie!, Déc 9 2007
This movie is so well made and with such depth of character and depiction of a totalitarian system, that it gives the viewer much to contemplate. It shows a ponerized society in it's final stages, when creativity is completely stifled. I liked the way the stasi captain was depicted, who was ideologically driven and the process he underwent. It would be hard to write more without revealing too much of the plot. In light of the way Western society is marching in a fascist direction with surveillance and torture becoming the norm this movie is a must see. To understand about ponerology, I can recommend a book I recently read called "Political Ponerology, a Science on the Nature of Evil Adjusted for Political Purposes", as it compliments this film nicely.
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Great, Thought Provoking Movie, Sep 6 2007
I hate subtitles (German movie) but nothing else to rent so we went for it and glad I did. The subtitles were easy to read and the whole movie from plot to directing to acting was brilliant. This is about East Germany and their secret service whose goal was to "know everything" by spying on and interrogating their own. One of their senior spies ends up spying on a playwright but gets caught up in his life and no doubt comparing it to his own lonely and bleak existance.
Taught and smart, I really recommend this one, should probably get a nomination for the Oscars at least for best foriegn film.
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A very important movie, Sep 27 2009
The Lives of Others needs little introduction or much further praise. It won the 2006 Oscar for Best Foreign-Language Film and is widely recognized to be one of the best movies of the decade. It is the story of an agent of the ever-watching and ultra-paranoid East German secret police, the Stasi, and how he becomes inextricably bound up in the lives of those people he is keeping under surveillance.
There is certainly a historical purpose for making and watching this film. The German Democratic Republic, the DDR, was a fact of life until 1989. Though it was despised for its erection of the Berlin Wall and its brutal contempt for human rights, it was believed by many in the West to be a significant economic power and one of the East Bloc's success stories. The fall of the Berlin Wall revealed those beliefs to be untrue and eliminated the oppressive state apparatus that had governed millions of Germans since the late 1940s. Anything that makes more aware of the reality of those lost decades is to be commended.
More importantly, however, The Lives of Others asks important questions about the value of truth in human life. Can we live with lies on an industrial scale? How much untruth can we tolerate in order to further our careers and keep ourselves out of trouble? What price do we pay if we swallow the lies or rebel against them?
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One of the best movies I've seen, Aoû 21 2009
This film is definitely in my top 5 of all time. It is moving without trying to be. One of the best things about this film is how it revolves around the power of art and the human nature and sacrifice. A truly beautiful film. Don't let the subtitles discourage you, you'd be missing out on great cinema.
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slow moving at first, Jui 18 2009
Although this movie is very slow moving at first, if you stay with it, it will be worth it. The conclusion builds throughout the movie and the ending is very moving. I felt it was very deserving the Oscar for best foreign language film in 2006.
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Lives of the others.., Mai 2 2009
This is a great movie that transports us back in time and behind the "iron curtain". For those who actually lived through those times, it will bring memories back and they will definitely appreciate some of the "forbidden" political jokes. For the rest of us, it will make us think what our lives would be like living in Berlin at that time. I thought the plot was pretty good, with a bit of unexpected twist. I can't but to recommend this movie to all. By the way, did not find the stage acting in the movie appalling..
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one great performance does not make this a classic, Avril 2 2009
One thing this movie evokes is how dull life in East Germany was for both those who work for the state and those who were watched by the state. The movie also tried to tell us that this actress Christa-Maria is some sort of wonderful actress but the stage scenes at the start show the corniest of all theatrical acting. If she's so "great," I certainly don't see it onstage.
The movie is basically carried by Ulrich Muhe who plays the Stasi agent monitoring the eavesdropping of the playwright Georg Dreyman. His robotic movements yet his compassionate actions show you how a man so a part of the state has a humanity that many of the so-called "rebels" in East German society only play at.
The movie also captures how dull life must have been like in the very grey East Germany. In the special feature extra the actors and director say the music played a big part in the story. I don't know what movie they were watching but it barely registered with me at all. The way Muhe's character Weisler decided to basically turn in false reports was what grabvbed me more than his listening to one piece of music over the bugging devices.
Anyway, it's worth watching to understand how loopily insane the East German state was and how so much effort was put into spying on their own people. To say this is a great movie is a stretch, though. I say for Muhe's portrayal of a Stasi agent it deserves accolades but the rest of the cast and story is nothing special really. It comes across as an art film with not enough twists to make it a top-notch thriller.
Extras include the usual--deleted scenes, a making of, interview with the director and a director's commentary track.
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Great movie!, Mars 7 2009
So many different elements it this movie make it a must-see. Almost every character is an integral part of the movie and the topic is disturbing but important. If you enjoy historical and foreign films, this is one to be owned.
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Hearing the heretics, Jui 24 2008
It's all about stability - how to maintain it and how to prevent its disruption. In East Germany, from the establishment of The Wall, society found ways to lay out a given path for life. It also provided a traffic control body to keep individuals on that track. The traffic controllers were the staff and informants of the Stasi. Applying various, but effective, methods of thought control, the DDR rooted out dissent in its attempt to keep its populace thinking along "approved" lines. While we have been inundated with books and films depicting brutality, murder and intimidation applied in the East, this film shows an entirely different and far more efficient approach.
Gerd Wiesler [Muhe], a Stasi captain, is recruited to launch an investigation of playwright Georg Dreymark. There's very little to indicate Dreymark is a threat to society, but the motivation arises from elsewhere. Dreymark's girl-friend, Christa-Maria [Gedeck], is an object of the Culture Minister's passions. Wiesler undertakes the surveillance himself, and his portrayal carries this film far beyond entertainment. We have already seen his interrogation techniques - calm, dispassionate and merciless. Whatever he undertakes will be seen through thoroughly. The surveillance of Dreymark and Christa-Maria will be no different.
However, Wiesler learns of the Minister's prompting of the spying - a corruption of the socialist ideal. More significantly, Wiesler is able to discern Dreymark's humanity expressed in ways none of his previous victims have demonstrated. One of these is Dreymark's defence of his former play director Albert Jerska. Wiesler sees Dreymark confront the Minister over Jerska and learns the blacklisted director had given the playwright the score of "Sonata for a Good Man". The title becomes a key point in the development of the story. Wiesler revises his outlook as the cynicism and coldness of the regime become more apparent to him. He is increasingly aware of the need for people to be people and not automatons.
The film story builds tensions at a perfect pace, increasing with every passing scene. There are no dull nor lost moments. Directory von Donnersmarck's light touch in shifting a character we loathe at the outset of the film into a symbol of pathos at the end. While a shallow view makes Dreymark the victim/hero, it is Wiesler the interrogator and snoop who gains our sympathy. Wiesler comes into increasing conflict with his superior as the focus on Dreymark and Christa-Maria intensifies. Jerska's fate drives Dreymark to take an irrevocable step, one which threatens them all. The conclusion can only be tragic, but the result is nonetheless unexpected.
As with many of the "foreign" films recently released, the Director's Commentary version of the film is well worth taking the time for. This is von Donnersmarck's first full-length film, but there's nothing amateurish about it. He was meticulous in his portrayal of East Berlin, even painting "freedom's graffiti" over each morning prior to shooting in the street. The attention to detail is clear, even in selecting the colours allowed in any given setting. The effect is to seize the viewer from the opening scene and never provide release. The film has garnered many awards and deserves all of them. Mostly, it deserves your attention for its story and its imparted values. [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]
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