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Have you seen the movie 'Das Leben der Anderen' ? A German movie, really good.
It has won an Oscar to the best foreing film.


Feel free to highjack (sp?) the topic.....

Too bad. I hear those Dutch brownies are very interesting! :p

I haven't seen the movie. What's it about?

Yeah, especially the 'space cookies' ! or the magic mushrooms...

I have never tried them though, nor do I have any intention.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lives_of_Others

I think we needed the translation. Thanks, Isa. Great movie!

And what do you think of the Clint Eastwood movies, specially the japanese part?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_from_Iwo_Jima

As an actor I do not think he is great but as a director I love him.

Oh, The lives of Others is an excellent movie.
It is about Stasi in East Germany during the Cold War.

I liked the "japanese part' better.

I am a movie addict. Some of the good ones I saw recently:
In the Valley of Eliah (sp)
Eastern Promises
Into Great Silence
Katyn

When I was a young girl growing up in Europe, I used to love
the animated series Il etait une fois L'homme, on TV
Recently, I was able to enjoy it with my kids - and again fell in love with it.

Here is something I found on the internet about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time..._Man

I do not know if it is possible to purchase it in the states, my copies came from Europe, where you can purchase a lot of old (and not only old) good movies as a promo with your daily paper or weekly magazine. I think Isa will know what I am talking about :-)
If you can get your hands on this one, I highly reccomend it. My set consists of about 30 CD's each with a story about 40 min long.

Ania,

I would love to get a hold of that one and pretty much the rest of the Once Upon a Time series. We have Once Upon a Time ... Life and my kids love it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Once_Upon_a_Time..._Life

If anyone figures how to get hold of any for the series in US, let me know. I tried searching for it but came empty handed. I may try in Europe this summer.

We also have ...Life, have not seen it yet though. ...Man was the only one I remember watching as a child.

Yeah, this is fun! I'm a big foreign film lover since a took a class in college. I was in love with Gerard DePardieu about 20 years ago, not so much now!

A funny: In my 20's a friend and I were at the movie rental store (back in the stone ages when you had to go to those places). She asked me what kind of movie and I said Foreign and walked off the find that section. She thought I said "porn" and stood stunned in that very spot until I returned about 5 minutes later with a Gerard flick. She took one look and then busted out laughing and told me what she thought I said!

Alas, I haven't had much time for foreign films or anything else fun like that lately!!!!

Neato