Ipswich Film Society

The Good German (2006)

2009/10 Season

THE GOOD GERMAN

US 2006 (15)
107 minutes
Directed by Steven Soderbergh

Hollywood Film Theatre - 12 October 2009 - 7.30pm
This film, which has been often compared to Casablanca, features George Clooney as a war correspondent covering the Potsdam conference in 1945. A crooked army driver, his prostitute girlfriend and her 'wanted' husband complete this portrait of love in a Cold War climate, with corruption and double-dealing on the side.
AUDIENCE COMMENTS: The black and white - perfection! So evocative of a period I didn't live through, but feel I did. It cast so long a shadow. A terrible, confusing middle in shades of grey, just as the reality must have been; Expected them to die of the cigarette smoke at any moment; Why was he "good"? Fantastic photography and production and great music but I couldn't follow the plot; Bit of a triumph of style over content; More of a pastiche than clever. Smart filming but strangely not that engaging.

The Good German (2006)

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