Comments on: The Lives of Others http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2007/04/17/the-lives-of-others/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:01:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: marie whiteside http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2007/04/17/the-lives-of-others/#comment-29619 marie whiteside Fri, 04 May 2007 20:33:20 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2007/04/17/the-lives-of-others/#comment-29619 Where can I see "The Lives of Others" in Norfolk?Is there an Arts Filmcentre in Norfolk? Where can I see “The Lives of Others” in Norfolk?Is there an Arts Filmcentre in Norfolk?

]]> By: Alex Foster http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2007/04/17/the-lives-of-others/#comment-26405 Alex Foster Tue, 17 Apr 2007 22:09:06 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2007/04/17/the-lives-of-others/#comment-26405 Haven't seen the film - and it closes at my local <a href="http://www.broadway.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">Arthouse cinema</a> on, erm, 3rd May, so I may not get an opportunity to do so, but it does look interesting. I lived in the former GDR for six months as part of my French/German degree, and it was a fascinating experience in retrospect but a miserable one at the time. For the whole of my year abroad, both in Germany and later in Paris, I spent an obscene amount of time going to the cinema, and in my brief and unacademic foray into German cinema, I got the impression that German cinema is much better than French cinema, but far less widely appreciated, particularly in the UK. Not that I've seen very much German film at all since leaving Germany, however. Still got a soft spot for Til Schweiger, whose stock in trade now seems to be bit parts in Hollywood films in order to win over the German market for the European release. Haven’t seen the film - and it closes at my local Arthouse cinema on, erm, 3rd May, so I may not get an opportunity to do so, but it does look interesting.
I lived in the former GDR for six months as part of my French/German degree, and it was a fascinating experience in retrospect but a miserable one at the time. For the whole of my year abroad, both in Germany and later in Paris, I spent an obscene amount of time going to the cinema, and in my brief and unacademic foray into German cinema, I got the impression that German cinema is much better than French cinema, but far less widely appreciated, particularly in the UK.
Not that I’ve seen very much German film at all since leaving Germany, however.
Still got a soft spot for Til Schweiger, whose stock in trade now seems to be bit parts in Hollywood films in order to win over the German market for the European release.

]]> By: Bernard http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2007/04/17/the-lives-of-others/#comment-26404 Bernard Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:55:37 +0000 http://www.willhowells.org.uk/blog/2007/04/17/the-lives-of-others/#comment-26404 Thanks for the plug. I see what you mean about Muhe/Spacey, on a related note I spent the whole film thinking that Sebastian Koch (Dreyman) looked like a thin Ray Winstone (albeit one that could act). Thanks for the plug.

I see what you mean about Muhe/Spacey, on a related note I spent the whole film thinking that Sebastian Koch (Dreyman) looked like a thin Ray Winstone (albeit one that could act).

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