Christiane F.
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Movie Reviews of Christiane F.
Movie Review: EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE IT....
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a "movie"(message) , that everyone must see and understand the message , Many people that I know who watched this movie , actually didnt understand the message which the story shows , or just understood part of it. This movie doesnt just show the reality of many youngs , but also does an alert to the way of life of the most of big cities people. It's needed pay atention for the kids , It's not possible give a correct formation to your Kids without know them... Today the people have to work all the time and have no much time to stay with their kids ... These kids have no direction , they have no orientation , They cant find in their homes the way to follow in their lives , and it's not so easy to find the solution for this problems ... In these days like today the people need work too much for get their survivor , to get food , clothes and pay all their expenditures , so these kids stay all the time searching for their ways , lost in this world , unjust and many times terrible to this inexperienced children , These kids finish making what the group does for dont be excluded of it. We need pay atention about their behavior , about their friends , their necessities , to prevent they search for these stuffs out of their home ... The freedom is something that we must value, but is something for which nor all the young are prepared to manage.... Well , watch this movie and you wont repent yourself.Movie Review: Don't Let Your Know it All Kids go "SLIPPING INTO DARKNESS"
Summary: 5 Stars
A cautionary tale for today's teen who gets bored by everything after 2 minutes. You know what they say about the idle mind.
I saw this movie as a teen. Some older high school kids thought it had some shock value so they invited us with the bait of David Bowie in the movie and soundtrack. The in your face depravity created a boundary for me that my grandmother's prayers and words of wisdom never could. I still went off full throttle off into the world a young adult, full of music, art, travel, joie de vivre, but this movie stayed as a dark warning in the back of my mind.
I'm in agreement with one reviewer who stated that a major message in this movie is that the adults were not keeping an eye on their kids. Everyone was caught up in their own "distractions"; very much like today's warped world of iPods, cell phones, internet, reality TV, etc. This makes adults (and especially children's) minds, bodies and souls easy picking's for predators of all forms and levels of finesse.
There's a lot to be said for "quiet time" with someone close, or pet. The happiness of just being alone somewhere appreciating nature in all it's glory. A movie like Chritiane F will make you be satisfied with the simple things in life.
Those of us who have survived our own youth can sit back from a movie like this and say to ourselves: "There, but for the grace of God...."
Movie Review: LEAVES A LASTING IMPRESSION ON YOU
Summary: 5 Stars
I hadn't seen Christiane F. for about the last 12 years until Monday just gone when I saw it and hired it from the video store. It was a film that I had always remembered the video cover and bits of the movie, like when they are running through the mall to David Bowie's Heroes(that has been my favourite Bowie song since I saw this film). This film like many for years has always been in the back of my brain, until I saw it to buy once in the city, when I went to purchase it it was gone, until now.
From reuniting with this film after years, it has left a lasting impression om me. Like Christiane I am a big fan of Bowie and in 2003, saw him in concert, which was an cool and an experience I didn't think I'd get to have.
I definitly recommend this film, and it's a really good film even though it's in subtitles I quite enjoyed that aspect of it, there's a little charm to it amonsth the drug use and addiction. I read that these actors were ametures, well I was definitely impressed.
Movie Review: Truly Incredible!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a movie that is incredibly powerful. I read the book in English many years ago, and it was enough to put a serious scare into me. Never touched drugs as a result of that book. When I moved to Berlin in 1987, I read the book again, this time in German (the English translation is pretty mediocre in retrospect) - the impact was brutal. I made a point of visiting the actual locations in the story, and this has made the entire story more indelible.Now to the movie (this refers to the Region 2 German release). Although it does not follow the book faithfully in every detail, enough of the events are depicted to tell the full story. It is difficult to imagine being desperate enough to sink to such levels, but this film manages to convey it in such a way, that it is all too real. The young actors especially do an amazing job (and for you German-speakers, the accents, dialects and slang are right on!).
The bottom line is that this is a film that you will never forget.
Movie Review: A Masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
It amazes me that this film isn't more widely known. It's nothing short of perfection--stellar acting, a brilliant "Berlin Era" soundtrack by David Bowie & gritty cinematography that perfectly captures the subject, the city and the time period. With the exception of a couple of Fassbinder films, no other film captures the aesthetic and essence of 1970s Berlin better.
This is also one of the most honest portrayals of drug abuse that I've ever seen put to celluloid. The director doesn't shy away from or attempt to glamorize the horrors of heroin withdrawal and addiction (and all the ugly things that come along with it), but he also doesn't demonize all drugs or the atmosphere of teenage hedonism that leads to drug experimentation either. It's a very even-handed, honest film, which not many "drug films" are.
Amazing film; definitely check this one out.