About ideal

Cary 2022-03-21 09:01:44

In 2003, the German LOLA Film Festival was immersed in red nostalgic euphemisms. "Goodbye Lenin" won the best film, best director, best actor with a unique and shocking name... Seven awards, box office With more than 35 million euros in revenue and more than 5.7 million views, the data seems to tell us something. There are no political films that are sad, but only social microcosms that emphasize changes and details.

The whole film is full of memories and ridicule, but without a trace of impetuousness and abruptness, it extends the camera to a territory that has no answer and ends with warmth and resignation. The bust of Lenin was slowly moved away from the city by the helicopter. The face of the statue stared blankly at his mother, as if he was questioning the future direction of the whole of Germany. Economic development and the spirit of East Germany.

The film is very memorable. From a warm family, it shows a lost ideal. As the protagonist himself said in the film, he painstakingly compiled the TV program, distorting events, reinterpreting history, and perhaps expressing All these lies are not only for his mother, but this is also the ideal country in their hearts that they have been looking for, the country that cannot exist in reality. In fact, in the end, everyone knew that this was just a lie, but no one broke it. Everyone was so moved to watch this fabricated utopia on TV. After all, what else is more precious than an ideal?

View more about Good Bye Lenin! reviews

Extended Reading
  • Bianka 2022-03-28 09:01:02

    I watched it three times, once in high school, once in junior year, and once again now, and I still like it.

  • Camylle 2021-11-18 08:01:26

    "Through such continuous fraud, I seem to have turned the GDR into an ideal appearance."

Good Bye Lenin! quotes

  • Sigmund Jähn: Where to?

    Alexander Kerner: Wannsee

    Sigmund Jähn: I know what you think. Everyone does. But I'm not him.

  • Dr. Wagner: You must protect her from any kind of excitement. And I do mean any kind, Mr. Kerner.

    Alexander Kerner: Any kind of excitement.

    Dr. Wagner: It would be life-threatening.

    Alexander Kerner: And this here?

    [Shows the doctor a newspaper reading "Good Luck, Germany. Yes to Reunification"]

    Alexander Kerner: Wouldn't you call this exciting?