So-so, not shocking enough

Clovis 2022-04-23 07:01:20

It's not as exciting as expected, and it's not "a profound analysis of human nature" like the reviews I saw before.

The protagonist in the film is an unsmiling, rigorous and rigid person, a typical technical staff character. Such people can handle their own professional well, but when they are involved in complex and sinister political struggles, they are often powerless, or even in the wrong team, becoming a victim.

Although he was angry when he saw colleagues joke about "party leaders", he was not so sure of his own beliefs. Because he betrayed his faith for a woman. Of course, this is a work that promotes the mainstream Western values ​​of "liberalism". From this perspective, the image of the protagonist in the film is glorious and tall.

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Extended Reading
  • Jannie 2022-03-21 09:01:19

    Only Germans can make such a film.

  • Carmela 2021-10-20 19:01:15

    The last sentence, no, this is for me. With a pun, we shed tears instantly. This neat ending is beautiful.

The Lives of Others quotes

  • Oberstleutnant Anton Grubitz: I have to show you something: "Prison Conditions for Subversive Artists: Based on Character Profile". Pretty scientific, eh? And look at this: "Dissertation Supervisor, A. Grubitz". That's great, isn't it? I only gave him a B. They shouldn't think getting a doctorate with me is easy. But his is first-class. Did you know that there are just five types of artists? Your guy, Dreyman, is a Type 4, a "hysterical anthropocentrist." Can't bear being alone, always talking, needing friends. That type should never be brought to trial. They thrive on that. Temporary detention is the best way to deal with them. Complete isolation and no set release date. No human contact the whole time, not even with the guards. Good treatment, no harassment, no abuse, no scandals, nothing they could write about later. After 10 months, we release. Suddenly, that guy won't cause us any more trouble. Know what the best part is? Most type 4s we've processed in this way never write anything again. Or paint anything, or whatever artists do. And that without any use of force. Just like that. Kind of like a present.

  • Georg Dreyman: The state office for statistics on Hans-Beimler street counts everything; knows everything: how many pairs of shoes I buy a year: 2.3, how many books I read a year: 3.2 and how many students graduate with perfect marks: 6,347. But there's one statistic that isn't collected there, perhaps because such numbers cause even paper-pushers pain: and that is the suicide rate.