Describing a political theme with a no-boring story, Good Bye Lenin is a film that grasps the audience with its warmth. Developing on the axis of an idealist mother and a romantic son, the film conveys to us the sadness distilled with humor that the progress of capitalism from the west of Germany by breaking the walls. An active socialist, the mother is in a coma for eight months as a result of a heart attack.
When it comes out, nothing is as before. The wall is collapsed and capitalism is moving rapidly to erect the flag of influence in every part of East Germany with its corrupt appetite. Vegetable life is not only a woman, but also socialism. In order not to reveal this situation to his mother, whose heart and socialism vein is extremely sensitive, the young man almost creates a brand new world. This game adds everyone around.
The film seems to negate socialism at first sight. However, while reflecting life and realities, in a sense, he tells the warm side of socialism through humor. We can even say that it is a fairy tale of socialism that has been left behind. The autonomous world created by the young man actually reflects the old East Germany, surrounded by the fixture symbols of capitalism, as a fabulous liberated region. There is absolutely no ideological bias in the movie. The director passes the details of the period he used as a fund through fine sieves. She conveys the subject that can be considered as “heavy” in the eyes of a family with an extremely enjoyable story.
One of the most remarkable aspects of the movie is the references to Kubrick. One of them is the fact that Alex, who plays the lead role in Automatic Orange, and the young man in the lead role are the same. The quick shot used when the young man was preparing a room for his mother is similar to the scene where Kubrick made love with the two girls in his movie with ‘time lapse’ shooting in his bed. The music used in all these scenes is of course the original music of Kubrick movies.
Amelie comes to mind when we see the world created and the sensitivity of the young man. Moreover, when the music of the film is signed by Yann Tiersen, it does not seem wrong to establish kinship between the two films. Farewell, Lenin, however, is a different film that opens its calipers to a wider area.
When you get out of the movie, your soul will ask for marinade. It is a movie that can satisfy you in many ways. On top of that, his motivation for such a desire was a pleasant parody that fits the story of the movie. It gives you a lot of flavors and when you are done, the effect on you does not end.
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Good Bye Lenin (2003)
Directed by: Wolfgang Becker
Starring: Daniel Brühl, Katrin Saß, Chulpan Khamatova, Maria Simon, Alexander Beyer, Florian Lukas, Christine Schorn
Screenplay by: Wolfgang Becker, Bernd Lichtenberg
Production Design by: Lothar Holler
Cinematography by: Martin Kukula
Film Editing by: Peter R. Adam
Costume Design by: Aenne Plaumann
Art Direction by: Matthias Klemme
Music by: Yann Tiersen
MPAA Rating: R for brief language and sexuality.
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Release Date: February 17, 2003
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