The Lives of Others

[grady]

The Lives of Others won the best foreign film oscar this past year beating out Pan's Labyrinth and rightfully so, it is a better film.

I had a chance to see the film again this weekend and realized I had not taken the time to spread the word amongst the dirts. The film had been playing along the festival circuit before opening in the states last month. It was the opening film at the Portland International Film Festival last month and the writer/director Florian Henckel-Donnersmarck was in attendance to discuss the film. He was a very pleasant man and very open to discussion of the film post screening.

I believe the film is still playing in limited markets in the states, but please try and see it.

Finally, what is ultimately sad, and frustrating is that a remake is already in the works by the Weinstein Co. with Sydney Pollack and Anthony Minghella. They want to help convey the message of the film to a larger/broader audience, but all they're going to end up with is another version of The Conversation.

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