THE COLLAPSE OF COMMUNISM - CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES AFTER THE FILM ”THE LIVES OF OTHERS” (2006)
THE COLLAPSE OF COMMUNISM - CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES AFTER THE FILM ”THE LIVES OF OTHERS” (2006)

Summary/Abstract: THE COMMUNIST PERIOD IS CHARACTERIZED AS A VERY TENSE ONE IN THE FILM, EVERYTHING IS KEPT UNDER CONTROL BY THE SECRET SERVICES OF THE STATE, AND THE POPULATION SURVIVES UNDER THE FEELING OF TERROR TOWARDS THE SYSTEM AND ITS HORRORS. THE SOCIALIST PERIOD FAVORS IN THE FILM THE ABUSES OF POWER OF THOSE IN KEY POSITIONS, AND THE EXERCISE OF POWER FOR PETTY PERSONAL PURPOSES. THE FILM OFFERS A GRIM VISION OF THE SOCIALIST PERIOD, A GROTESQUE PERIOD OF HORROR, IN WHICH THE PETTINESS OF THOSE IN POWER EXCEEDS THE LIMITS OF NORMALCY. ABUSES TAKE ON PAROXYSMAL PROPORTIONS, POLITICAL, SOCIAL AND SEXUAL. THE ABUSES COMMITTED BY THE SOCIALIST SYSTEM ARE PRESENTED BY EXAMPLES INSPIRED BY REALITY, AND THE CONTROL OF THE SECRET SERVICES OVER THE ENTIRE POPULATION IS A CERTAINTY CONFIRMED BY HISTORY. HOWEVER, THE FILM OPENS THE WAY FOR FORGIVENESS AND RECONCILIATION, LEAVING THE IMPRINT OF HUMANITY TRANSPARENT, AND THE PARABLE OF THE GOOD MAN REPRESENTS THE OBVIOUS INVITATION TO MORALITY AND HUMANITY. THE FILM IS A CLEAR PROOF OF LIFE IN THE SOCIALIST PERIOD, IN WHICH POLITICAL POWER EXERTED ITS FORCES IN THE MOST ABSURD FORMS

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