The Lives of Others (Das Leben der anderen) (2006)

[Mulli]

German with English subtitles
Florian Henkel von Donnersmarck, director
website

The Lives of Others is a rare film achievement, arguably a “perfect” film for all time.

Set in the dour grays and yellows of the Soviet-era Stasi domestic police state both officially and euphemistically called the GDR [German Democratic Republic], Donnersmarck’s paean to Brechtian epic theater weaves a multilayered tapestry, a true-to-life portrait of life under relentless state surveillance. Reputing Ostalgie (nostalgic longing among former East Germans for the good old days of cradle-to-grave state-provided security), the director sets out to delineate in carefully observed and dramatically ironic detail the sobering realities of state-mandated domestic terrorism.

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Unbelievable movie. Saw it last night. I recommend it highly.

 

[Gaddabout]

Sounds like the kind of movie I used to watch before I got married. I've been able to slowly drag my wife towards foreign films like Lola Rentt and even Spoorloos, but I've not been successful keeping her attention with the grainy black-and-whites. Is this in color?

 

[Mulli]

Sounds like the kind of movie I used to watch before I got married. I've been able to slowly drag my wife towards foreign films like Lola Rentt and even Spoorloos, but I've not been successful keeping her attention with the grainy black-and-whites. Is this in color?

It is.

 

[BACH]

Great Movie.

I recommend it, too.

 

[Mulli]

Great Movie.

I recommend it, too.

That is due to your superior knowledge of cinema.

 

[BACH]

That is due to your superior knowledge of cinema.

I don't get it!

 

[Mulli]

I don't get it!

Since you agreed with me, you are very wise in the ways of cinema.

 

[BACH]

Since you agreed with me, you are very wise in the ways of cinema.

Ahhhh....

 

[Bada0Bing]

I recently watched this. One of the best movies I've ever seen. So suspenseful throughout. I loved the ending, absolutely perfect. This is probably my favorite foreign film of all-time. I can't believe the director is only a year old than me. He must be some sort of flippin genius.

 

[Mulli]

I recently watched this. One of the best movies I've ever seen. So suspenseful throughout. I loved the ending, absolutely perfect. This is probably my favorite foreign film of all-time. I can't believe the director is only a year old than me. He must be some sort of flippin genius.

Seriously. I was scared half to death the whole time.

 

[FArting]

Is this movie out in Blockbuster?

 

[Griffin]

This was an excellent movie. One of the top foreign films I've seen recently.

 

[General Chaos]

Wow, this movie was tremendous.