The Lives Of Others
What:
The Lives Of Others
Where:
Kino Dendy, Cinema Nova, The Rivoli, and select Palace cinemas
When:
Opens March 29
Watch the trailer:
Here
Cinema and surveillance go hand in hand. In fact, someone really needs to put together a Surveillance Film Festival: Coppola’s The Conversation, Tony Scott’s Enemy Of The State, De Palma’s Blow Up, and hell, maybe Sliver starring Sharon Stone and that ratty Baldwin – for some extra class.
Now, add The Lives Of Others to the bill. In 1980’s East Germany, a lonely agent for the Secret Police investigates an idealistic couple for ‘political dissidence’ – but, as he listens totheir most private moments, he slowly becomes less interested in their politics and more in their personal lives.
It beat out ThreeThousand favourite Pan’s Labyrinth at the Oscars, but don’t be too bitter about it. The Lives Of Others is the old-fashioned kind of film that carries you perfectly from one scene into the next, shifting between romantic drama and political thriller, each moment hitting the right emotional frequency. Plus it has the rarest of things – an ending that is both satisfying and surprising.
Format: Cinema
Mood: Smarts
Keywords: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Gernmany, Surveillance
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