Comments on: The Lives of Others, the movie http://www.mediainfluencer.net/2007/07/the-lives-of-others-the-movie/ helping people break out of pigeonholes since 2003 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:30:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Patrick Crozier http://www.mediainfluencer.net/2007/07/the-lives-of-others-the-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-560 Patrick Crozier Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:47:17 +0000 http://mediainfluencer.bigblogcompany.net/wp/index.php/2007/07/the-lives-of-others-the-movie/#comment-560 I saw this movie the day you posted this review. I came out of it absolutely stunned. There's so much to it: part of it is Shakesperian tragedy, part of it is a visual essay on life under communism. Another part is the commentary on a regime that's about to collapse. No one believes in it - even the guys at the top. I appreciate that the idea of the good Stasi is absurd and hard to stomach. So long as it's seen as just a plot device - a window into another world - I can forgive the makers. I saw this movie the day you posted this review. I came out of it absolutely stunned. There’s so much to it: part of it is Shakesperian tragedy, part of it is a visual essay on life under communism.

Another part is the commentary on a regime that’s about to collapse. No one believes in it – even the guys at the top.

I appreciate that the idea of the good Stasi is absurd and hard to stomach. So long as it’s seen as just a plot device – a window into another world – I can forgive the makers.

]]> By: Alice Bachini-Smith http://www.mediainfluencer.net/2007/07/the-lives-of-others-the-movie/comment-page-1/#comment-559 Alice Bachini-Smith Mon, 02 Jul 2007 19:32:10 +0000 http://mediainfluencer.bigblogcompany.net/wp/index.php/2007/07/the-lives-of-others-the-movie/#comment-559 A fascinating review, very interesting on both the film and your POV of things. I just finally got round to seeing "The unbearable lightness of being", rather disappointing, this looks a lot more illuminating. Hope the lurgy is entirely gone now/soon. A fascinating review, very interesting on both the film and your POV of things.

I just finally got round to seeing “The unbearable lightness of being”, rather disappointing, this looks a lot more illuminating.

Hope the lurgy is entirely gone now/soon.

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