"No problem, Mom."
Unlike "Battling Storm," "Goodbye Lenin" has a lot to do with life after November 9th. to show us the Berlin that was once divided in two by a wall. All the things that are used to today - all kinds of cars, Coca-Cola advertisements, airships, IKEA furniture, and one in Germany, something that no one sees on the street, could cause Mrs. Christiane's myocardial infarction . What kind of closure and backwardness is required to cause the scene to be displayed in front of us in the form of black humor.
No Stasi, no whistleblower, no wives and estranged men. On the contrary, the unemployed Mr. Ganske was extremely lost, and his sadness shrouded his heart, as if he had lost a piece of the country he built. Dr. Klapprath, who is drunk all day long, may be a logical thing for him to fire Mrs Christiane, but he still uses the word "idealism" politely. As for Mrs. Christiane herself, when she tearfully told the four children in front of her, "I didn't go, it was the biggest mistake of my life, and now I finally understand." How could she understand what filled Alex's heart? Sweet and sour tastes.
Everything is a quiet and peaceful life, people are busy exchanging marks, changing furniture, eating cucumbers from the Netherlands, installing satellite TV to watch the World Cup. The scene of the former East German residents living and working in peace almost made me forget what this movie is about. Until Alex's genius colleague Denis cut out episode after episode of "Current Events," "Black Canal," "Boiler," and "A Day in West Germany," until the once-political cartoons" When Sleepy God restored its true colors, it was not until Madame Christiane stood on the street in a trance and saw the huge statue of Lenin being hoisted by a helicopter and passed by, that the evil of the Berlin Wall was truly displayed in front of her eyes. The touch it brings far exceeds that of the cheering crowd rushing through the scars of the broken arm in the film.
What kind of faith are we fighting for, and what kind of faith are we building a country for? As the rhythm of time dragged on, German films about the Berlin Wall moved out of a strictly pro-capitalist line of thought, and began to depict the complex feelings Germans had about the era that imprisoned them. The road to pursue democracy and freedom is not all smooth sailing. Alex's torn old Mark drifts with the wind, but his feelings should be more sad than broken. Mrs Christiane finally met her ex-husband before she died, but what would they say, what more could they say.
For Alex, the country can only come to mind when he remembers his mother. For his father, the country, can only think of it when he thinks of his wife. Madame Christiane died with a smile. Maybe in the conversation with Lara, she already knew something. But she will never know that this country has never existed like this in reality. Rather than letting her son keep running around for a "beautiful" lie, it is better to let her go directly to another world in a coma. After all, because "as long as one person is enslaved, no one is free." After all, this way, the dignity of an "idealist" can still be maintained.
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