A good story "The Eavesdropping Storm"

I just saw the introduction of a movie "Eavesdropping Storm", and I was very excited after watching it. I can't help shouting in my heart: the story is great and wonderful.

The eavesdropping storm is a German film, which was released in 2006. Its original German name is Das Leben der Anderen, and its literal translation is someone else's life. Douban score is 9.2. Some people think that the original name is better, and I also think that the name "Other People's Life" is more unified with the tonality of the film, subtle and euphemistic, plain and sincere.

After World War II, Germany was divided into East Germany and West Germany. West Germany's economy has developed rapidly and people's lives are relatively happy; And East Germany, under the rule of a high-handed government, is economically backward and its people are in dire straits. Many East Germans broke through the blockade and sneaked into West Germany.

It was during this period that the Berlin Wall was established to prevent East Germans from fleeing to West Germany. In addition to the Berlin Wall, the East German government also established a huge monitoring system, allowing the police to secretly monitor suspicious elements, especially literary and art workers.

Special agent weismann, devoted to his duties and conscientious in his work. He began to monitor the lives of playwright Dreiman and actor girlfriend Kristija.

The security supervisor took a fancy to Kristia and took her away by force, hoping to get evidence of Dreyman's rebellion and get rid of him as a thorn in his side.

Weismann gradually realized that the government was corrupt, and his faith was shaken. He also encouraged Kristija to be herself instead of pandering to the safety supervisor.

When Dreiman's teacher died, he began to wake up and planned a revealing article with his friends to expose the current situation in East Germany. He thought he was not being watched, so he invited his friends to work in his house and hid his newly bought printer under the floor.

Weismann is in charge of monitoring Dreyman, but he always covers Dreyman. Dreiman and others' articles were finally published in the media in West Germany. The East German government was furious. Dreiman is the biggest suspect of the author of the article, and weismann is also suspected of dereliction of duty. Weismann was sent to the basement to distribute mail.

After German reunification, Dreiman asked him why he was not being watched, but was told that he had been watched. He inquired about the monitoring files, inquired about the information of the monitoring personnel, and even met the secret police who quietly covered for himself from a distance. Now weismann is an ordinary postman.

One day, weismann walked into a bookstore and saw Dassmann's new book Sonata for Good People. He opened it, and the first page read "To HGW XX/7, sincere thanks". HGW XX/7 is the code name of weismann. He suppressed his inner excitement and bought a book. When the clerk asked him if he wanted to take a schoolbag as a gift, Viszler said, "No, it's for himself".

Just a simple question, there are many controversies about whether this film conforms to reality. Regardless of this, I think this is a good story, and the story is particularly well told.

The two leading men never had face-to-face communication, but they had some in-depth communication on another level (spiritual level). From the first agent to see the playwright's life, to the later playwright knowing the existence of the agent, and finally to the former agent to pay tribute to himself by seeing the playwright's book. This kind of non-meeting is implicit. But this kind of spiritual communication is profound and undercurrent. If, I say if, the playwright holds the postman's hand excitedly, this aesthetic feeling will be completely ruined.

Among them, the story of the actress is also very wonderful. She was politically forced to surrender to the Director of Security. Encouraged by her boyfriend and weismann, she wanted to get out of the control of the security director. After the playwright's article was published in West Germany, she was forced to confess. For a while, she was afraid to say where she hid the printer. A group of policemen rushed into the playwright's house looking for a printer. When the police lifted the floor, she ran out of the house in shame and was hit by a car. Agent Wieseman picked her up and said that she could no longer make up for her cowardice. Weismann wants to comfort her, the printer has been hidden by him, but she has swallowed her last breath and left this world with regret and remorse.

I think the story of the actress is very good because it is "true". Her cowardice and obedience, her awakening and resistance, her degeneration and regret, and her death are all full of weakness and a glimmer of light.

How can we tell a good story? Proper restriction and sense of rhythm are both important.