Art as Therapy

Charlie Chaplin

Buster Keaton

The Kings Speech (2010) Tom Hooper

The Lives of Others (2006)Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

German History

Holocaust Memorial, Berlin.

United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumWashington D.C.

Bernauer StrasseBerlin Wall MemorialBerlin, Germany

The Rothko Chapel, Mark Rothko

Holocaust Memorial, George Segal

The Healing Power of Film

The Reader (2008)Stephen Daldry

“I had reached a point where I knew that I would be able to create a fictional story that was somehow truer than a true story. I do believe that fiction can actually be richer in content than fact.”

Florian Von DonnersmarckThe Lives of Others – Press Booklet

Ostalgie

Nostalgia Ost

Sources

• The Official Press Booklet: The Lives of Others – Sony

• Film Reviews by: Dana Stevens – Slate Magazine Philip French – The Observer