"The Lives of Others" is a well-made drama. The plot - a Stasi
officer gets involved in the lives of a bohemian couple and
"switches" sides - is quite trivial, but the pace is right and the
photography, with its consistent lack of Hollywood glamour does tons of good.
Be it as it may, and important as the theme of oppression under totalitarian
governments is, this film cannot be described as overly political as it shows
us only that which we already know: bad guys are bad, good guys are good, and
those who are in between - are in between. The realistic bits about the methods
of interrogation – its banality, infallibility and simplicity - are among the
best, presenting the contextually justified reduction of the human psychology
to bare stimulus-response.
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