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Post by Jep Gambardella on Mar 18, 2019 21:01:51 GMT
This was the German entry to the Foreign Film category at this year's Oscars. It was one of the five films that was nominated, but it didn't win (Mexico's and Netflix's "Roma" did).
The film follows the story of an artist who is a young boy during the Nazi times, then a young adult in communist East Germany before escaping to West Germany. I didn't know it beforehand, but it is loosely based on the life of Gerhard Richter, one of the most important contemporary German artists.
I was a bit daunted by the prospect of watching a 3-hour film in a movie theatre (as opposed to being able to pause it at will at home) but it went by relatively fast and I found it so engrossing that I didn't look at the time even once. Still, it's not a perfect film. As I was watching it, not knowing that it was based on the life of a real person, I thought that some parts could have been excised to make the film tighter, but in hindsight it makes sense that they were included.
Divided opinions over on Letterboxd but I recommend it to those interested in 20th century history and/or art.
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Post by hi224 on Mar 21, 2019 3:21:56 GMT
This was the German entry to the Foreign Film category at this year's Oscars. It was one of the five films that was nominated, but it didn't win (Mexico's and Netflix's "Roma" did). The film follows the story of an artist who is a young boy during the Nazi times, then a young adult in communist East Germany before escaping to West Germany. I didn't know it beforehand, but it is loosely based on the life of Gerhard Richter, one of the most important contemporary German artists. I was a bit daunted by the prospect of watching a 3-hour film in a movie theatre (as opposed to being able to pause it at will at home) but it went by relatively fast and I found it so engrossing that I didn't look at the time even once. Still, it's not a perfect film. As I was watching it, not knowing that it was based on the life of a real person, I thought that some parts could have been excised to make the film tighter, but in hindsight it makes sense that they were included. Divided opinions over on Letterboxd but I recommend it to those interested in 20th century history and/or art. been waiting for years for Donnersmarck to make a worthy follow-up to Lives of others.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Mar 21, 2019 14:06:11 GMT
This was the German entry to the Foreign Film category at this year's Oscars. It was one of the five films that was nominated, but it didn't win (Mexico's and Netflix's "Roma" did). The film follows the story of an artist who is a young boy during the Nazi times, then a young adult in communist East Germany before escaping to West Germany. I didn't know it beforehand, but it is loosely based on the life of Gerhard Richter, one of the most important contemporary German artists. I was a bit daunted by the prospect of watching a 3-hour film in a movie theatre (as opposed to being able to pause it at will at home) but it went by relatively fast and I found it so engrossing that I didn't look at the time even once. Still, it's not a perfect film. As I was watching it, not knowing that it was based on the life of a real person, I thought that some parts could have been excised to make the film tighter, but in hindsight it makes sense that they were included. Divided opinions over on Letterboxd but I recommend it to those interested in 20th century history and/or art. been waiting for years for Donnersmarck to make a worthy follow-up to Lives of others.
Well, your wait is over!
I was very surprised to find out that this is only the third feature film that he directed. After the great "The Lives of Others", which was his first film (I don't think I knew that), he went to Hollywood to direct "The Tourist" with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie (which I never watched), and then nothing until now.
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Post by hi224 on Mar 21, 2019 19:11:08 GMT
been waiting for years for Donnersmarck to make a worthy follow-up to Lives of others.
Well, your wait is over!
I was very surprised to find out that this is only the third feature film that he directed. After the great "The Lives of Others", which was his first film (I don't think I knew that), he went to Hollywood to direct "The Tourist" with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie (which I never watched), and then nothing until now.
Yeah its very sad who knows what other material he couldve done guess he still has time perhaps. |
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