Chilling reminder of the essence of communist tyranny

Rating: 10/10 (13 November 2007)

Because of the mundane nature of peoples' lives in any society, one comes to see how such lives in a controlled society lead to terrifying outcomes. Normality, honesty, everyday beauty become a death trap subordinated to the worst instances of humankind. I hold my breath, "Please don't let these awful lowlifes, enfranchised by a wretched mechanistic system, beat down honest, universal humanitarian desire."
The East Berlin settings, even the partying ones, are starkly sad, exactly like it must have been. It touches me like few movies to see these trapped loving, creative persons having to tap dance around goons of the spirit.
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Brian Wright Copyright 2007