http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:04:08 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/07/16/150248.php#comment-13341 Another PS: I just now realize that there are breast on the US edition of "Heroes like us". Which is funny, because the German original edition shows a penis;-) 13341@blogcritics.org Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:04:08 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/07/16/150248.php#comment-13340 If that's your criteria, I'm sure you'll like "Sonnenallee". Unlike "Goodbye Lenin" it shows life in the GDR (somewhere in the 80ies) in the Sonnenallee, which is a street right next to the Wall. It's absurd and yet funny. I don't see to many German films myself, because the humour mostly is so flat. But this one was really good! 13340@blogcritics.org Fri, 18 Jul 2003 20:02:37 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/07/16/150248.php#comment-13223 Hi Michelle, No, I haven't heard of "Sonenallee", but I've checked it out on imdb.com and see it was made in 1999, which is four years ago. I'll keep my eye out for it if I ever get a chance to see it. My only criteria for watching films is that they are good, but I do love watching films from other countries as it's a great way to see how other cultures look at the world. 13223@blogcritics.org Thu, 17 Jul 2003 18:27:02 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/07/16/150248.php#comment-13187 Cool! I've never thought about the fact that the film could be shown in other countries. I really like that idea! There's another one that's really cool - it's "Sonnenallee" in German (just a street name) after a novel by Thomas Brussig (yeah, the "Heroes like us" author). That's also cult - has this been in cinemas outside Germany? 13187@blogcritics.org Thu, 17 Jul 2003 07:26:20 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/07/16/150248.php#comment-13149 Hi Michelle, thanks for the tip and I've linked to "Heroes Like Us". I'm not German, but I was in Berlin nearly three years ago, well after the fall of the wall. I saw the film at the Galway Film Festival (http://www.galwayfilmfleadh) last week, and of course it was subtitled in English. I'd already heard about the film because it had caused a lot of buzz, and was a hit in Germany, so I specificially wanted to see it. I think a lot of the humour translates very well. An Irish audience reacted really well to it, so it must be doing something right. ;) 13149@blogcritics.org Wed, 16 Jul 2003 18:45:15 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/07/16/150248.php#comment-13139 PS: In addition to the German cinema book, people might be interested in "Heroes like us" by Thomas Brussig. I'd highly recommend to also link it. It's dealing with the same topic - in a humorous way. Just as a novel. One of my favourites concering the end of the GDR! 13139@blogcritics.org Wed, 16 Jul 2003 17:50:26 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/07/16/150248.php#comment-13138 That has been sold to the US? And dubbed? Cool! I'm impressed, I liked the movie a lot - being east german myself and recognizing a lot of stuff on screen. However, I'm asking myself if you could find it funny if you haven't seen it yourself (I mean the GDR, not the film). There's humor drawn from recognizing patterns from East Germany and there is general humor in the film. And I can't really see where the line is, because I'm too close to the topic. 13138@blogcritics.org Wed, 16 Jul 2003 17:47:13 EDT