The Lives of Others
Feb. 17th, 2007 02:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
days_unfoldingI saw The Lives of Others tonight. It's a German film set in East Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall. The story is about an officer in the secret police who puts a writer and his actress girlfriend under surveillance. Over time, the officer gets emotionally involved with the couple.
This feature would make a good double-feature with Pan's Labyrinth about the dangers of totalitarianism. While Pan's Labyrinth is mostly action of sorts, this movie is very internal. Both are excellent movies.
This feature would make a good double-feature with Pan's Labyrinth about the dangers of totalitarianism. While Pan's Labyrinth is mostly action of sorts, this movie is very internal. Both are excellent movies.
