After returning to Beijing for more than half a year, life has passed in mediocrity. The sad and sharp eyes of the secret police in the trailer have been lost in the crowded crowd in Beijing, until there is an undisturbed afternoon.
The question of East and West Germany was almost arguably the only theme in German cultural life after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Since "Goodbye Lenin" has bagged a lot of awards, "Other People's Lives" has once again returned with full rewards in various film festivals. I have some doubts whether it can win the Oscar or whether Americans will have the same resonance.
Cool tones, typical Prussian style, in the final scene, when the writer dedicates the book to the nameless secret police HGW II/7, the former secret policeman who is already a postman accidentally sees it in a bookstore, and he buys the book calmly.
Why make such a film? Questions about the film's intentions are often redundant and unsatisfactory answers. Kind human nature still shines under the hard system.
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