The Lives of Others

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Hello, My blog "expired". I enjoyed the film very much. As I told Kai it ties in nicely with human/nature course. The spy, whose name eludes me, could well have been nurtured to be an a**hole, but when he fell in love with the girl who was in love with the playwright, who was viewed as the enemy, had a change of heart, He became his true self. In other words; his true nature was to be the person he was after the change of heart. The film was a beautiful work of art. I enjoy foreign films, however I find them sometimes hard to follow as I am always listening as force of habit. I try to see how many words I can recognize and I always enjoy set design, such as clothing, cityscapes (I did notice all the graffiti on the walls of mid 18th. century period buildings, it looked fresh and I wonder if it was staged or real.) I took personal note of the flats. One was very posh but homey and the other was very rudimentary and ugly. These things are easy to pay attention to in English films but more difficult in other languages so perhaps I missed a few things.

The Lives of Others

I'd like to encourage commentary and discussion of the film "The Lives of Others." I have thoughts and opinions of course, but I'll keep them to myself for the moment so as not to take up too much of the oxygen. If you weren't able to see it or missed parts or want to share, it should be in the video rental stores, the public library as well as PSU's.
A reminder of the names of the characters for you to refer to.

Gerd Wiesler- the Stasi man in grey who listens and watches
Anton Grubitz: Wiesler's boss
Georg Dreyman: the writer
Christina Maria Sieland: the actress
Minister Bruno Hempf: the sleazeball
Albert Jerska: blacklisted director, committed suicide
Paul Hauser: the journalist friend of Dreyman who berated him for being "in bed with the bosses."