East Side Stories, Edinburgh
Looking at post-reunification depictions of East Germany like The Lives Of Others or Good Bye Lenin! it's easy to forget that the Gdr had its own highly productive state film studio, the Defa. And despite the Soviet control, it didn't just churn out Stalinist tractor operas. Some of its films were even suppressed by the authorities, like 1966's Traces Of Stones, a construction site love triangle coloured by party politics (much acclaimed when it was finally released in 1990), or 1973 hit The Legend Of Paul And Paula, with a modern take on love and marriage. By the 1980s, Defa even had the guts to tackle gay issues in Coming Out. The neo-realist-influenced Berlin: Schönhauser Corner, on the other hand, gives you a flavour of what 1950s life was really like behind the Iron Curtain.
Filmhouse, Sun to 11 Dec
John Pilger, London
You can count on the veteran...
Looking at post-reunification depictions of East Germany like The Lives Of Others or Good Bye Lenin! it's easy to forget that the Gdr had its own highly productive state film studio, the Defa. And despite the Soviet control, it didn't just churn out Stalinist tractor operas. Some of its films were even suppressed by the authorities, like 1966's Traces Of Stones, a construction site love triangle coloured by party politics (much acclaimed when it was finally released in 1990), or 1973 hit The Legend Of Paul And Paula, with a modern take on love and marriage. By the 1980s, Defa even had the guts to tackle gay issues in Coming Out. The neo-realist-influenced Berlin: Schönhauser Corner, on the other hand, gives you a flavour of what 1950s life was really like behind the Iron Curtain.
Filmhouse, Sun to 11 Dec
John Pilger, London
You can count on the veteran...
- 12/4/2010
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
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