German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime.
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Young artist Kurt Barnert (Tom Schilling) has fled to West-Germany, but he continues to be tormented by the experiences he made in his childhood and youth in the Nazi years and during the GDR-regime. When he meets the student Ellie (Paula Beer), he is convinced that he has met the love of his life and begins to create paintings that mirror not only his own fate, but also the traumas of an entire generation.Written by
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Florian von Donnersmarck's first film, "The Lives of Others", is my favorite film of the past 20 years, a true masterpiece. After hearing friends rave about "Never Look Away" I saw it this afternoon and was somewhat less impressed. The opening scenes--about an hour--are truly brilliant (I'm referring to the story-telling quality). From then on the movie is very leisurely as it continues to tell the story of the artist's life. I felt the middle section, when he is an art student, is much too long. Also, I found the evil character (Sebastian Koch) to be the most compelling, yet his story peters out without us getting a sense of what became of him, why he was so evil, and how he managed to elude capture. The theme that finding truthful expression in art allows the artist's wife to become pregnant was a bit of a cliche. It's a very good film, if too long.
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Florian von Donnersmarck's first film, "The Lives of Others", is my favorite film of the past 20 years, a true masterpiece. After hearing friends rave about "Never Look Away" I saw it this afternoon and was somewhat less impressed. The opening scenes--about an hour--are truly brilliant (I'm referring to the story-telling quality). From then on the movie is very leisurely as it continues to tell the story of the artist's life. I felt the middle section, when he is an art student, is much too long. Also, I found the evil character (Sebastian Koch) to be the most compelling, yet his story peters out without us getting a sense of what became of him, why he was so evil, and how he managed to elude capture. The theme that finding truthful expression in art allows the artist's wife to become pregnant was a bit of a cliche. It's a very good film, if too long.