Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #TheLivesofOthers #CasinoRoyale #Notorious 10 Greatest Spy Movie Masterpieces of the Last 100 Years, Ranked http://dlvr.it/TRJ1KR
The US et al. left #USSR holding the east when the FRG/BRD (#WestGermany) was created, so the #DDR (#EastGermany) was spun off. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1950 its #Stasi (state #SecretPolice) was formed. I use the excellent film #TheLivesOfOthers in a class:
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2/6 I mentioned my love for "The Lives of Others" (Das Leben der Anderen). To me, it’s a profound portrayal of the tension between the observer and the observed—almost like a love story between myself as Georg and Ulrich Mühe as Mielke. Susanna dropped a bombshell: a classmate of hers actually wrote it. Small world doesn't even cover it. #Cinema #TheLivesOfOthers #FilmHistory
Get this: he endorses the candidate who was *a Minister in the Government that brought in the legislation he says upsets him so much.* None of that makes sense but sure you know yourself. #ManOnMission #TheLivesOfOthers

This August, we're watching The Lives of Others, a thrilling masterpiece on surveillance and resistance. 🎥💥 Join the Gaslit Nation Salon for a deep dive on Aug 25 at 4pm ET. Get the Zoom link: Patreon.com/Gaslit

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Today, March 11, in 1985, in East Germany, Stasi surveillance of playwright Georg Dreyman, known as “Operation Lazlo” and overseen by Gerd Wiesler, code name HGW XX/7, concludes (The Lives of Others, 2006)

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I just watched “Das Leben der Anderen” or “The Lives of Others” (2006).
Absolutely incredible, cathartically tragic. Such depth and realism. I haven’t seen a film this compelling in years.
9/10
#tragedy #film #thelivesofothers #DasLebenDerAnderen #thehumancondition #eastgermany #stasi

Today, March 11, in 1985, in East Germany, Stasi surveillance of playwright Georg Dreyman, known as “Operation Lazlo” and overseen by Gerd Wiesler, code name HGW XX/7, concludes (The Lives of Others, 2006)

#Movies #Film #Cinemastodon #Letterboxd #TheLivesOfOthers #DasLebenDerAnderen

The Lives of Others (2006)

In 1983 East Berlin, dedicated Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler begins spying on a famous playwright and his actress-lover Christa-Maria. Wiesler becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple, and faces conflicting loyalties when his superior takes a liking to Christa-Maria.

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#DailyStream: how watching affects the watchers. Will AI watchers at Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok someday fall in love with us, want to *be* us, like the human Stasi spy in twisty noir #TheLivesOfOthers? @mubi US, @skytv Store UK.