9.29.2007

some classes are better than others...

One of my favorite classes at University was analysis of 20th Century film. I miss watching movies and discussing them. I watched The Good German.

Berlin, July, 1945. Journalist Jake Geismer arrives to cover the Potsdam conference, issued a captain's uniform for easier passage. He also wants to find Lena, an old flame who's now a prostitute desperate to get out of Berlin. He discovers that the driver he's assigned, a cheerful down-home sadist named Corporal Tully, is Lena's keeper. When the body of a murdered man washes up in Potsdam (within the Russian sector), Jake may be the only person who wants to solve the crime: U.S. personnel are busy finding Nazis to bring to trial, the Russians and the Americans are looking for German rocket scientists, and Lena has her own secrets. Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}



Wish I had a group to discuss it with--a scholarly discussion.

5 comments:

Mrs. Chili said...

Tell ya what - I'll rent it, watch it, and WE'LL have a discussion. Wanna?

Kwizgiver said...

Absolutely!

Mrs. Chili said...

I'll rent it next week sometime (classes start tomorrow, so I'm in it up to here printing syllabi and planning) - let's promise to have it watched around Saturday?

Anonymous said...

I watched The Good German yesterday. Delighted to join in the conversation. Have you been to Berlin?

Kwizgiver said...

No... although I would love to go.

I'm looking forward to an interesting discussion.