Tuesday, January 12, 2010

The Lives of Others

If you haven't yet seen this movie, you should. It's excellent.

The actor who plays the Stasi captain does an outstanding job, and I relished the contrast between the seriousness of the situation, the subtlety of the actor's expressions, and the hilarious grey science-fiction-esque jacket he's so often wearing (it's 1984 in East Germany) - nice work by the costume designer there.

Also, the joke that the Stasi flunky tells in the cafeteria about the head of the Party is very funny in an extremely intense scene.

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