[AGL] 2 german films

[Michael Eisenstadt]

Carolyn,

We've seen Goodbye to Lenin and agree with your thumbs up.
The hero's mother, a staunch East German communist, wakes
up after an illness and her son arranges things so that she wont
know that the Berlin Wall has fallen and East Germany is history.

We will be on the lookout for Schultze gets the Blues.

Films we watched at home this week: Max with John Cusak
playing a Jewish art dealer who has lost an arm in WW I
and takes an interest in the art of Corporal Adolf Hitler who
is being prepped by the army to go into politics and make use
of his speechifying gift. I recommend it strongly.

The other, last night, The Contender with Jeff Bridges playing
a Clinton-like US president who nominates a woman to replace
the Vice President who has just died. Silly but well acted. Gary
Oldman as the evil chairman of the confirming committee is
excellent.

Michael

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> Michael, John and I have enjoyed watching a german film "Schultze gets the

> blues'  We also liked 'Goodbye to Lenin" an East German film.  The films 

> were

> totally different but we liked them in the same way.  Both were written by 

> the

> director. One director was just starting out but the other had been making

> films for a long long time but both were fresh and appealing.  You will 

> enjoy

> the gate keeper in "Schultze..." sort of reminds you of a more famous

> classical transporter of souls.  In fact a bit of Schultze transcends into

> that world at the end.  As usual in small movies the acting is great and 

> the

> filming is very careful and beautiful like a lot of 50's & 60's japanese

> films. I think you will like it.  "Goodbye to Lenin" is wonderful.

> Carolyn

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