The Lives of Others
WHAT
THE LIVES OF OTHERS
WHERE
DENDY CINEMAS, PALACE CINEMAS, ROSEVILLE CINEMAS, GU BONDI JUNCTION AND HAYDEN CREMORNE ORPHEUM
WHEN
OPENS MAR 29
WATCH THE TRAILER
HERE
Cinema and surveillance go hand in hand. In fact, someone really needs to put together a Surveillance Film Festival: Coppola’s THE CONVERSATION, Tony Scott’s ENEMY OF THE STATE, De Palma’s BLOW UP, and hell, maybe SILVER starring Sharon Stone and that ratty Baldwin – for some extra class.
Now, add THE LIVES OF OTHERS to the bill. In 1980s East Germany, a lonely agent for the Secret Police investigates an idealistic couple for ‘political dissidence’ – but, as he listens to their most private moments, he slowly becomes less interested in their politics and more in their personal lives.
It beat out TwoThousand favourite PAN'S LABYRINTH at the Oscars, but don’t be too bitter about it. THE LIVES OF OTHERS is the old-fashioned kind of film that carries you perfectly from one scene into the next, shifting between romantic drama and political thriller, each moment hitting the right emotional frequency. Plus it has the rarest of things – an ending that is both satisfying and surprising.
Format: Cinema
Mood: Smarts
Keywords: Drama, German, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
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