The Lives of Others
This month's political film night choice was The Lives of Others, subsequent to our host suggesting we move away from US politics and try something else.
This film is about a Stasi operative conducting surveillance on a potentially subversive writer in East Germany in 1984.
It's a very cleverly constructed film, portraying a quiet struggle against internal conditioning and a more external struggle against censorship and tyrrany.
It was horrifying, but also quite funny in places and the characters felt very real.
This film is about a Stasi operative conducting surveillance on a potentially subversive writer in East Germany in 1984.
It's a very cleverly constructed film, portraying a quiet struggle against internal conditioning and a more external struggle against censorship and tyrrany.
It was horrifying, but also quite funny in places and the characters felt very real.