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April 12, 2007

Good training for taxi drivers

lives%20of%20others.jpgThe Lives of Others is a masterful Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck film about the Stasi, the East German secret police force, during the final days of the Communist government. I highly recommend that you see it if you have the chance.

This Roger Boyes/Times article about the movie passes along Alex Latotzky's clever observation, which you will understand perfectly once you see the movie:

"Some ex-Stasi became taxi drivers, and very good ones, too; you just had to give your name and they knew the address."

Posted by Tom at April 12, 2007 4:14 AM

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