In this episode, I continue my exploration of films that helped me through my grief after my father died in 2006. "The Lives of Others" is an important film in my life. I have intense memories of watching it for the first time in a theater. It's about playwright, Georg Dreyman, and his lover, Christa-Maria Sieland, who come under surveillance in 1984 in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). After WWII, Germany was split between West Germany and East Germany, the latter being controlled by the Soviet Union. It was a repressive government that used a secret police known as the Stasi to turn everyday people into informants through threats, interrogation, and violence. I talk about why this film is so important due to its examination of themes like surveillance and how people resist (or don't resist) under a repressive government.
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Original artwork by Dhiyanah Hassan
Full show notes:
Pete Travis's 'The Go-Between' (2015)
Patricia Cardoso's 'Real Women Have Curves' (2002)
Nancy Savoca's 'Dogfight' (1991)
An Interview with Leon Lee on 'Letter From Masanjia' (2018)
François Ozon's 'Under the Sand' (2000)
Jem Cohen's 'Museum Hours' (2012)
Robert Wise's 'The Haunting' (1963)
Alejandro Amenábar's 'The Others' (2001)
John Cromwell's 'The Enchanted Cottage' (1945)
Lynne Ramsay's 'Morvern Callar' (2002)
Carol Morley's 'Dreams of a Life' (2011)
Jessica Hausner's 'Lourdes' (2009)
'Sharp Objects' Recap - Ep 7 and 8
Wong Kar-wai's 'In the Mood for Love' (2000)
David Lean's 'Brief Encounter' (1945)
'Sharp Objects' Recap - Ep 5 and 6
James Ivory's 'Maurice' (1987)
'Sharp Objects' Recap - Ep 3 and 4
Ingmar Bergman's 'Autumn Sonata' (1978)
Ingmar Bergman's 'Wild Strawberries' (1957)
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