Reviews of The Lives of Others 2006
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17th Film for Around the World in May- Germany
Another film that I had on my watchlist for a long long time and thanks to this challenge for getting me down to finally watching it.
A beautiful and deeply moving film that shows the humanity inside every person and how a random stranger can go out of their way to help out another.
Intelligent and gripping throughout its runtime and each character is presented well and their parts well drawn…
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A powerful portrayal of life in the GDR and one of the most complete films I have seen in a long time. It is brilliantly acted and gripping throughout.
The Lives of Others is an example of some seriously fantastic filmmaking.
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The Lives of Others is a film that is praised in part to it displaying the unspeakable times of East Germany under the iron fist of the Stasi. Through this setting, the film shows how the communistic government created a society that could only conform to their orders. It’s a story of finding yourself amongst a world of clones and the effect love has on people to unshackle their bounds to the nefarious controllers.
Ulrich Mühe plays Wiesler, a Stasi… -
I missed this at the time suspecting significant Oscar-baiting hype, but it turns out this is a genuinely excellent film.
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Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck's verisimilitudinous vision is compelling. Powerful, yet understated, film-making at it's best. #see
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This is a very very good movie. The authenticism, the acting the great great story. I could go on and on.. This is a movie that everyone must see. I feel fortunate that I had this one on my list for this challenge.
Read the plot, it says it all but the movie is so much more. I wont give any spoilers here so see the movie instead. Strong recomendation.. -
Very casual yet very strong. You get to see how a person his morals are changing and why. The ending is very subtle and yet very powerful; it shows you that he didn't need a reward for what he did, yet the reward that he was a slight part of history recognized all his actions to have been worthwhile. A life fulfilling reward, rather than a pile of saddening money. Truly an inspirational movie.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Love you Ulrich. Wish you hadn't died.
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Actors are never "who they are."
First, a totalitarian state that is based on order, fear and suspicion. Then, men with power: a jealous and libidinous minister, a docile and diplomatic Stasi chief and finally a zealous official of unwavering faith. Facing them, an intellectual in love who accepts compromises for his comedian lover.
The ones with knowledge and manipulation, the others who stand as played and watched innocents. From this setup, the film builds up a pyramid which is…
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El agente de la policía secreta es un personaje fascinante, y toda la película es muy interesante al mostrar cómo sus espiados van cambiando poco a poco su vida.