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."
Save your responses in a WORD doc, run it through spell check, 250-350 words approximately. Focus on YOUR thoughts and ideas that came to mind when you were reading, the possibilities are endless! Plus, be sure to always end your messages with your first name and last initial.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
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I had never heard of "The Lives of Others" but i found it to be a touching and eye opening movie.
ReplyDeleteOn the Wednesday class i was late and missed a good chunk of the film, but i still managed to piece it together.
I feel that I have been exposed to many German located movies. This one came from a whole different perspective, it came from the eye of the enemy.
I loved how Wiesler started out hard and deadly. As the movie progressed he became more and more 'human'. Everything changed, from his personality (ex: when he is about to question the boy in the elevator, but realizes how unfair it would be) to the way he looks at people in society. He become simpler yet more refined in that sense.
Although this movie was played in class due to the celebration of the wall coming down, it also can relate to class readings and discussions.
I assume that Wiesler grew up in a family similar to the person he had become (judgmental, Stasi) but even completely surrounded in the Stasi environment he was able to change and see differently. Perhaps the morals of just-ness had been hiding under the grey suit the whole time.
I often wonder if the 'bad guys' every come under the realization that perhaps they ARE the bad guys? (an example in this film)
-Emily B