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To: Max Fletcher who wrote (8980)	9/3/2007 8:23:39 AM
From: Chris Forte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13724

Thanks Max, looks good. I'll put it on my list. This is why we don't go on vacation and leave our boys home alone.<g> youtube.com

To: Max Fletcher who wrote (8980)	9/9/2007 12:42:23 PM
From: ksuave	Respond to of 13724

I agree with you about The Lives of Others, Max, an excellent movie. It’s probably the best I’ve watched this summer. The only other notable film I’ve seen recently, out of many watched, would have to be that Angelina Jolie film about Marianne Pearl which isn’t on dvd yet. Very compelling. Of course I’m sure everyone knows this week that not just film history but also world history will be forever impacted with the release of Eastern Promises, a film by David Cronenberg starring non other than , yes, Naomi Watts! (I hope he doesn’t turn her into a bug.) I’m making the big move this week, not out of commitment but rather because Comcast raised their rates one-time too many. I’m canceling the big C and switching to satellite and DSL and opted for no premium channels. I’ll see the premiere of Larry David tonight, but than that will be that, at least this year. Switching to books . . . Chris, I would think you’re already aware of Donald Westlake but if you haven't and truly like humor in your crime, try any from The Dortmunder Series by Westlake. Since I have to turn my DVR in this week, I’m feeling obligated to watch everything I recorded on it this year and have yet to watch, so I have a very busy Sunday scheduled.

To: Max Fletcher who wrote (8980)	9/19/2007 5:41:07 PM
From: Jeffrey Beckman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13724

Ok, Max. Started "The Lives of Others" last night so I wouldn't have to watch the Mets. I started around 10:30 and decided to save some of the movie for tonight because Leno was doing "Headlines". Anyway, I found it interesting on an intellectual level. As far as communist repression movies go though, I don't find it anywhere near the level of "Unbearable Lightness of Being". I mean, that movie had lots of other stuff going for it. You know, it had Sabina and Tereze and all that went with them. So far, this one mostly just has the stuff shirts with their binoculars and wire tapping. I am looking forward to the ending though :)

To: Max Fletcher who wrote (8980)	9/28/2007 11:16:51 PM
From: Chris Forte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13724

I came across this in Roger Ebert's Front Row in today's Chicago SunTimes: Q. I, too, loved "The Lives of Others." While the way the film looks and the acting are both superb, for me, it was the subject matter of the story I most admired. However, we had different takes. You referenced current politics; while for me, the film resonated because of its accurate depiction of life in a communist country, subject matter that Hollywood has almost entirely ignored, despite the fact that there is over 70 years worth of material. Hollywood has produced countless movies about the anti-war movement during the 1960s, McCarthyism and the evil actions of the U.S. military and CIA. However, where are the movies about Armando Valladares' time in a Cuban prison or Walter Duranty's lies about the Ukrainian famine? Jorge A. del Rio, Singer Island, Fla. A. A point well taken. The most effective anti-communist films are made by directors who lived under communism; often, they use codes, as in Istvan Szabo's masterpiece "Mephisto," which is set during the Nazi occupation of Hungary but could as well be told about the communists. Q. Additional (sad) information related to the movie "The Lives of Others," which you just reviewed: Ulrich Muehe, the actor playing the lead (Stasi officer Gerd Wiesler), passed away July 22 at age 54. He suffered from stomach cancer but kept this secret until the week before his death. Maybe this information could be added to the review to honor this extraordinary actor. Sven Hader, Wiesloch, Germany A. That he knew this adds poignancy to every one of his scenes.