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bucheon bum
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 Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:34 pm Post subject: Movie: The Lives of Others |
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Tonight I saw the german movie "the Lives of Others" which takes place in East Germany, 1984 (hmm, no symbolism there). It profiles a case the Stasi take on because a gov't minister wants to get some ass.
While that plot summary probably doesn't sound that appealing, I thought it was the best movie I've seen all year (perhaps the last couple years). Great acting, suspenseful plot, and thought-provoking. It is 140 minutes long, but the time zips by and I didn't want it to end.
Anyone else see it? Thoughts? (sorry TB, had to copy you there). |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Didn't this film win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film? I've been meaning to download it, but I'll get on asap now. |
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bucheon bum
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| Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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| yeah, it did win best oscar for best foreign film. well-deserved too. |
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applesandshanana
Joined: 09 May 2007
Location: Michigan
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:50 am Post subject: |
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| I thought it was quite good, but I think I'm bitter towards it because Pan's Labyrinth was my favorite movie all year and I don't think that Lives of Others should have even come close to winning the Oscar when up against it. |
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Tiger Beer
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 2:01 am Post subject: |
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This is gonna be a great thread to make a list of 'movies to download'...  |
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The Lemon
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 4:22 am Post subject: |
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| GREAT movie. I went on an Germany movie blitz a few months ago, watching The Lives of Others, Good Bye Lenin!, and Munich (tangentially related) over a weekend. Lives of Others was the pick of the lot. Best I've seen this year. |
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mack the knife
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 5:24 am Post subject: |
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Far and away the best movie I've seen in years (other than the Predator repeats every other night).
Best scene in the movie: the Stasi captain attempts to appear nonchalant when he looks under the floorboard. The old "Ahhhhhh, vat haff vee heeeere?!" action. Priceless.
Zodiac is worth a look if only because of its 70s-era style. |
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bucheon bum
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:41 am Post subject: |
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| The Lemon wrote: |
| GREAT movie. I went on an Germany movie blitz a few months ago, watching The Lives of Others, Good Bye Lenin!, and Munich (tangentially related) over a weekend. Lives of Others was the pick of the lot. Best I've seen this year. |
did you also happen to see downfall? that is a really good german movie too. I've only seen 3 german movies in my life (those two plus run lola run) and have to say all of them were excellent. |
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mithridates
Joined: 03 Mar 2003
Location: President's office, Korean Space Agency
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:08 am Post subject: |
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| Zwartboek is another good movie - made in the Netherlands but there's a lot of German in there since it's about WWII. |
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Masta_Don
Joined: 17 Aug 2006
Location: Hyehwa-dong, Seoul
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 7:21 am Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
| The Lemon wrote: |
| GREAT movie. I went on an Germany movie blitz a few months ago, watching The Lives of Others, Good Bye Lenin!, and Munich (tangentially related) over a weekend. Lives of Others was the pick of the lot. Best I've seen this year. |
did you also happen to see downfall? that is a really good german movie too. I've only seen 3 german movies in my life (those two plus run lola run) and have to say all of them were excellent. |
Do yourself a favor and watch Funny Games. Don't read the back of the box, don't read imdb.com. Just do it. As long as you don't mind being psychologically tortured (not like Saw or Irreversible or anything like that). |
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indytrucks
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
| did you also happen to see downfall? that is a really good german movie too. I've only seen 3 german movies in my life (those two plus run lola run) and have to say all of them were excellent. |
I've seen it. Excellent. |
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bucheon bum
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Masta_Don wrote: |
| bucheon bum wrote: |
| The Lemon wrote: |
| GREAT movie. I went on an Germany movie blitz a few months ago, watching The Lives of Others, Good Bye Lenin!, and Munich (tangentially related) over a weekend. Lives of Others was the pick of the lot. Best I've seen this year. |
did you also happen to see downfall? that is a really good german movie too. I've only seen 3 german movies in my life (those two plus run lola run) and have to say all of them were excellent. |
Do yourself a favor and watch Funny Games. Don't read the back of the box, don't read imdb.com. Just do it. As long as you don't mind being psychologically tortured (not like Saw or Irreversible or anything like that). |
just added it to my netflix queue. Apparnetly there is an american version coming out next year with naomi watts too. |
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Masta_Don
Joined: 17 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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| bucheon bum wrote: |
| Masta_Don wrote: |
| bucheon bum wrote: |
| The Lemon wrote: |
| GREAT movie. I went on an Germany movie blitz a few months ago, watching The Lives of Others, Good Bye Lenin!, and Munich (tangentially related) over a weekend. Lives of Others was the pick of the lot. Best I've seen this year. |
did you also happen to see downfall? that is a really good german movie too. I've only seen 3 german movies in my life (those two plus run lola run) and have to say all of them were excellent. |
Do yourself a favor and watch Funny Games. Don't read the back of the box, don't read imdb.com. Just do it. As long as you don't mind being psychologically tortured (not like Saw or Irreversible or anything like that). |
just added it to my netflix queue. Apparnetly there is an american version coming out next year with naomi watts too. |
Yeah, it's going to be strange. It's a remake but with the same director. Don't know if that's ever happened before. Supposedly, at according to my boss, it was a big underground hit here in Korea back when it came out. The underground hits here seem so random to me. I mean Shortbus wasn't released that widely in the States yet it was available on every street corner here. |
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dogbert
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Aug 29, 2007 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Masta_Don wrote: |
| Do yourself a favor and watch Funny Games. Don't read the back of the box, don't read imdb.com. Just do it. As long as you don't mind being psychologically tortured (not like Saw or Irreversible or anything like that). |
I never thought I'd run across anyone else who'd seen that.
It's an Austrian film, so even more perverse than a German one. |
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RobertX
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| Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2007 12:39 am Post subject: |
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| very good film! |
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