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Duitsland
Drama
137 minuten

geregisseerd door Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
met Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch en Martina Gedeck

In november 1984 krijgt de gezagstrouwe Stasi-agent Wiesler de opdracht het leven van de succesvolle toneelschrijver Georg Dreyman en zijn levensgezel Christa-Maria Sieland te schaduwen. Wiesler wordt geconfronteerd met de voor hem vreemde wereld van liefde, literatuur en het vrije denken, waardoor hij zich de nutteloosheid van zijn bestaan realiseert. Hoe meer hij in aanraking komt met deze nieuwe wereld, hoe groter het besef groeit dat de Stasi ook zijn eigen leven ernstig beperkt.

( english subs : http://www.youtube.com/watch’v=Z9J4v_El90U )

Deep down in the human nature is rooted a very strong sense of justice and fairness that makes us reject people who violate our moral values and sympathize with people doing “good”.

This gives us a very important clue for creating characters. Revealing the personal moral standards of a character is one of the most important factors to determine the audiences opinion of that charachter. The moral impression we get tells us if he/she is one of the good guys, a person to root for, or on the opposite side, an enemy.

This aspect in the portraying of characters is very obvious if you study the german movie “The Lives Of Others” http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/

What is specially worth noticing is the complexity of the main charachter, the Stasi officer WIESLER, surveying the writer Dreyman and his wife. In the beginning Wiesler is shown as extremely efficient and merciless in carrying out his profession interrogating East Germany dissidents.

From this clip we understand that the special thing with Wiesler is his strong sense of loyalty to the idea of the communistic state. The scene shows very clearly how, inspite of his methods, Wiesler is driven by ideals, where his boss, GRUBITZ is only seeking advantages for himself.

In the next clip ( http://www.youtube.com/watch’v=UtdhFe5hy5s ) we will see more of Grubitz as he just for the pleasure of it uses his power to torment another member of the staff.

This is the beginning part where Stasi Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler is interrogating a man accused of helping his neighbour escape to the West. This interrogation is juxtaposed with a lecture he was giving on interrogation at the Stasi college.

I have also uploaded the ending to this movie.

Deep down in the human nature is rooted a very strong sense of justice and fairness that makes us reject people who violate our moral values and sympathize with people doing “good”.

This gives us a very important clue for creating characters. Revealing the personal moral standards of a character is one of the most important factors to determine the audiences opinion of that charachter. The moral impression we get tells us if he/she is one of the good guys, a person to root for, or on the opposite side, an enemy.

This aspect in the portraying of characters is very obvious if you study the german movie “The Lives Of Others” ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405094/ ).

What is specially worth noticing is the complexity of the main charachter, the Stasi officer WIESLER, surveying the writer Dreyman and his wife. In the beginning Wiesler is shown as extremely efficient and merciless in carrying out his profession interrogating East Germany dissidents.

From this clip we understand that the special thing with Wiesler is his strong sense of loyalty to the idea of the communistic state. The scene shows very clearly how, inspite of his methods, Wiesler is driven by ideals, where his boss, GRUBITZ is only seeking advantages for himself.

In the next clip ( http://www.youtube.com/watch’v=UtdhFe5hy5s ) we will see more of Grubitz as he just for the pleasure of it uses his power to torment another member of the staff.

This is the part where Wiesler listens to Dreyman play Sonata for a good man (Sonate vom guten Menschen )and becomes moved by it.This is Wiesler’s turning point in the movie when he decides to be the “good man” so to speak. Afterwards he meets a boy in an elevator whose father view the Stasi as bad men. Wiesler does not ask for the name of the boy’s father. This is from the movie the lives of others ( Das Leben der Anderen ). This is my 2nd youtube upload, comments and feedback are welcome!

Here are the lyrics and music to the song “He Lives” recorded by Lakewood Church on the Cover the Earth album. **(Should be Meleasa Houghton instead of Melissa Houghton–my bad)** Please comment if you enjoyed the video or give me a request for another song for me to upload!

Kristian Alfonso discusses the story of Zach’s death on SoapTalk, and the challenges it presented her with as an actress.

UKULELE STUFFS: (Click the links)
Starry Night
~ http://youtube.com/watch’v=9ha26VM7ip4

Slowdancing In The Sand
~ http://www.youtube.com/watch’v=_HMZHXjFh8M

Jersey Shore
~ http://youtube.com/watch’v=UJwt-i5wW28

Angel
~ http://youtube.com/watch’v=I6NB238SrTk

Ukulele Reggae
~ http://youtube.com/watch’v=4-CPL2GA7q4

While My Ukulele Gently Weeps
~ http://youtube.com/watch’v=AHmQfv1kcG8

Over The Rainbow
~ http://www.youtube.com/watch’v=WqVmLhLcpjI

New Paradise
~ http://www.youtube.com/watch’v=a4NU8VDqsn8

Europe
~ http://www.youtube.com/watch’v=bruyS5F8-Eo

Ati-atihan
~ http://www.youtube.com/watch’v=BhYpOqV5CrA

Sinulog (PIT SENOR SANTO NINO)
~ http://www.youtube.com/watch’v=JcvbhXHzAI0

LBI (Long Beach Island)
~ http://www.youtube.com/watch’v=i3T1QEL3HhU

Ukulele In The Wintertime
~ http://www.youtube.com/watch’v=KEF41GhqbCE

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“Catfish and Cats, Sea Horse and Horses” is one of the tracks of Eddie Florano “Save the World: Earth Lives or the Next Mars’” album.

It’s available @Apple+iTunes and other digital stores.

Gotta make AL GORE happy:)

“Save the World: Earth Lives or the Next Mars’” album is a global warming awareness music. Gotta support that.

This clip is Eddie’s first performance in Border’s cafe in NJ. He went there to buy a book. He heard live acoustic music at the cafe. Thanks for being nosy! LOL. He learned that it’s singer-songwriter or original songs thingy. He said, “Hey, I’m in!”. One musician was kind enough to share his guitar for 10 minutes.

For those new musicians around who are still afraid to perform, get your butts on stage and perform! If I can do it, you can do it too.

Dominque awakens from the dead . . . bombombom

EPISODE — Monday, February 18 2008
PART 4 OF 4