holy crap, i just netflixed this and it was awesome.
the lives of others:
Set in 1980s East Berlin, director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's debut feature (which earned an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film) provides an exquisitely nuanced portrait of life under the watchful eye of the state police as a high-profile couple is bugged. When a successful playwright and his actress companion become subjects of the Stasi's secret surveillance program, their friends, family and even those doing the watching find their lives changed too.
the lives of others:
Set in 1980s East Berlin, director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's debut feature (which earned an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film) provides an exquisitely nuanced portrait of life under the watchful eye of the state police as a high-profile couple is bugged. When a successful playwright and his actress companion become subjects of the Stasi's secret surveillance program, their friends, family and even those doing the watching find their lives changed too.
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Re: the lives of others
Thu, November 22, 2007 - 1:53 PMYes, I thought this was excellent as well. It somewhat reminded me of the 70s American film, The Conversation, while having a theme and style of its own. -
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Re: the lives of others
Thu, November 22, 2007 - 8:42 PMThis movie was totally awesome--so awesome that even though when I saw it in the theatre and the film burned up in the last five minutes of the film, I actually went back and rewatched the whole thing to see the end. Two thumbs WAY up!
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