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Blaise 2022-04-20 09:01:12

"Why don't the prisoners sleep, isn't it too inhumane?"

"The innocent person will be angry and shouting in the case of repeated interrogations; while the guilty person will cry under mental pressure, because he has something in his heart. Ghost."

"Those who tell the truth, when faced with the same question, will change the words of their answers to some extent; but those who lie will not change a word."...

This is a world of "total surveillance"... Justice, there is How many evils are in your name...

There is no need to repeat the badness of "this world", just like to point out a little "worrying" - the same "unilateralism".

The "idea" of the whole film is very clear, the characters are distinct, and the layout and transition are perfect like a director's "textbook" of a film school, but it is this clearness that makes people smell the excessive "single perspective".

Since 1949, until 89 years ago, any literary works imported from the West must be added in the preface, "This work profoundly exposes the real status quo of capitalism and cannibalism, and completely lashes out at capital. The darkness and ugliness of ism...".

And this "Eavesdropping Storm" seems to be standing opposite these "anti-capitalist" works, and came back with the same force of "thrashing".

The surname "Zi", or the surname "She", or the surname "Communist" is not the crux of the dispute, but "whether the people living in these societies are happy or not" is the crux of the matter.

From a single perspective, it is worthy of vigilance to deny any possible way of social formation with an absolute attitude. In a society with diverse value orientations, judging values ​​that do not belong to you with a negative attitude will only escalate contradictions.

Of course, the problem that comes to my mind is not the interpretation content that this film needs to undertake; as an excellent work, it does almost everything a film needs to do.

AT LAST also has to say, it is an attractive and good work.

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Extended Reading
  • Joaquin 2022-03-19 09:01:03

    It's time for the Chinese to relive this movie.

  • Liliane 2022-04-24 07:01:03

    Trying to discover the privacy of others while discovering the kind-hearted self

The Lives of Others quotes

  • Oberstleutnant Anton Grubitz: I have to show you something: "Prison Conditions for Subversive Artists: Based on Character Profile". Pretty scientific, eh? And look at this: "Dissertation Supervisor, A. Grubitz". That's great, isn't it? I only gave him a B. They shouldn't think getting a doctorate with me is easy. But his is first-class. Did you know that there are just five types of artists? Your guy, Dreyman, is a Type 4, a "hysterical anthropocentrist." Can't bear being alone, always talking, needing friends. That type should never be brought to trial. They thrive on that. Temporary detention is the best way to deal with them. Complete isolation and no set release date. No human contact the whole time, not even with the guards. Good treatment, no harassment, no abuse, no scandals, nothing they could write about later. After 10 months, we release. Suddenly, that guy won't cause us any more trouble. Know what the best part is? Most type 4s we've processed in this way never write anything again. Or paint anything, or whatever artists do. And that without any use of force. Just like that. Kind of like a present.

  • Georg Dreyman: The state office for statistics on Hans-Beimler street counts everything; knows everything: how many pairs of shoes I buy a year: 2.3, how many books I read a year: 3.2 and how many students graduate with perfect marks: 6,347. But there's one statistic that isn't collected there, perhaps because such numbers cause even paper-pushers pain: and that is the suicide rate.