Das Leben des Anderen (The Lives of Others)
Location
JAAC 1034
Presentation Type
Event
Start Date
15-9-2016 7:00 PM
Description
Winner in 2006 of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, “Das Leben des Anderes” (“The Lives of Others”) is unique in this year’s slate of films in that it doesn’t deal with technology functioning as human but rather with the effect of technology on human being, dehumanizing some while engaging the humanity of others. Though the film is noted for the visual accuracy of its depiction of East Germany, as well as for the way it captures the total lack of individual privacy of that STASI-dominated society, the wide-spread popularity of the film arises from its focus on universal human questions of moral choice even in the face of danger and corruption. In the context of the film series, the film also raises important questions about the impact of hyper-surveillance on the observer as well as the unaware observed. Film 5 of the Pre- Symposium International Film Series, “Of (Hu)man and Machine,” co-sponsored by the School of Humanities and the Belmont University Film Society. Discussion to follow.
Recommended Citation
Belmont University, "Das Leben des Anderen (The Lives of Others)" (2016). Humanities Symposium. 4.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2016/ff2016/4
Das Leben des Anderen (The Lives of Others)
JAAC 1034
Winner in 2006 of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, “Das Leben des Anderes” (“The Lives of Others”) is unique in this year’s slate of films in that it doesn’t deal with technology functioning as human but rather with the effect of technology on human being, dehumanizing some while engaging the humanity of others. Though the film is noted for the visual accuracy of its depiction of East Germany, as well as for the way it captures the total lack of individual privacy of that STASI-dominated society, the wide-spread popularity of the film arises from its focus on universal human questions of moral choice even in the face of danger and corruption. In the context of the film series, the film also raises important questions about the impact of hyper-surveillance on the observer as well as the unaware observed. Film 5 of the Pre- Symposium International Film Series, “Of (Hu)man and Machine,” co-sponsored by the School of Humanities and the Belmont University Film Society. Discussion to follow.
Comments
Convocation Credit: Society and the Arts & Sciences