Conversation No.3 by sandra46
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I also surprised this couple in the public garden near my home. Looking at people through a viewfinder, as I have already said when discussing the photographer's POV in the Shadow Catchers' series, may be chronicle, reportage, art, and also a sort of voyeristic interest in other people's lives.
The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) is a 2006 German drama film, marking the feature film debut of writer and director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. The film involves the monitoring of the cultural scene of East Berlin by agents of the Stasi, the GDR's secret police.The film succeeded in Germany despite a widespread contemporary reluctance in the country, particularly in its films, to confront the totalitarian excesses of the East German state. Time magazine's Richard Corliss named the film the second best of the Top 10 Movies of 2007. Film critic Roger Ebert gave the film his highest rating of four stars. Anna Funder, the author of a book about the Stasi (Stasiland), wrote in a review of the movie for The Guardian that it was not possible for a Stasi operative to have hidden much information from superiors because Stasi employees themselves were watched and operated in teams, seldom if ever working alone. She noted that in his Director's statement, Henckel von Donnersmarck wrote, 'More than anything else, The Lives of Others is a human drama about the ability of human beings to do the right thing, no matter how far they have gone down the wrong path.' Funder replied: 'This is an uplifting thought. But what is more likely to save us from going down the wrong path again is recognizing how human beings can be trained and forced into faceless systems of oppression, in which conscience is extinguished.' Nevertheless, Funder said, the movie is a 'superb film' despite not being true to reality.
I liked this film very much, even if its mood was the opposite of another great German film, the cheerful Goodbye, Lenin. Here the mood is keyed on the grey, melancholic voyeurism of this petty bureaucrat, who preys on the lives of the others, who are a group of liberal-minded intellectuals, but drinking from their intellectual blood in the end makes him to whish freedom too, and he helps them anonymously. Die Gedanken sind frei (Thoughts are free) is a famous, ancient German song. And elites defending their power, be they at the head of a state, an empire, or a simple community, hate them and try their best to get rid of those who think them.
Thanks for your kind comments.
Comments (35)
MOSKETON
FANTASTICA.
bimm3d
superb!!! very good light!!!
myrrhluz
Great capture! Love the position of the trees in relationship to the couple. Beautiful detail in the tree trunk in the front!
bazza
Wow, Super capture, nicely framed by the trees, Excellent Sandra!!
Cosme..D..Churruca
very fine compo!
timtripp
brilliant!
magnus073
Beautiful capture of this couple Sandra and some very deep thoughts on the paths we choose and that are sometimes chosen for us.
durleybeachbum
A superb pic, and a very stimulating read!
claude19
Great shot with the good angle between three tress and a wonderful green grass !!! What a natural picture about life !!!
BessieB
A lovely setting with the trees, interesting reading too!
Meisiekind
Lovely image and postwork! :)
psyoshida
The picture as really lovely. It appears to capture a sweet moment in time.
Minda
very beautiful capture sandra!!
mgtcs
Adorable, perfect capture!
Umbetro38
so romantic scene here
frankie96
A nicely framed POV...
Thetis
fabulous snapshot
virginiese
very nice couple ! great capture Sandra
Radar_rad-dude
That is a very beautiful park! A most exellent photo! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and photographic skills! Very much appreciated!
jocko500
wonderful looking
bebert
beau theme , bien photographié.
jeroni
Excellent work and perfect realisation
brycek
Beautiful capture and colors!!
Miska7
Very nice scene. Great lighting and colour! Really nice capture.
ShadowsNTime
This shot is stunning Sandra! Very beautiful place and to me a very romantic setting! Please say hello to Flavia, hope she is doing well!
MagikUnicorn
Beau cadrage...Excellent Photo Good Eye ;-)
Richardphotos
if the squirrels could talk what tales they could tell, but the squirrels were cool and never uttered a word
amota99517
This is a marvelous shot! The lighting is fantastic.
bmac62
Love the way you've framed this photographically and with words:)
lyron
Very cool picture!!