當初會來看這部2006年的德國電影The Lives of Others（德文：Das Leben der Anderen，又名《他人的生活》、台譯《竊聽風暴》、港譯《竊聽者》），是因為它實在拿了太多大獎，包括美國奧斯卡最佳外語片、法國凱撒獎最佳外語片、英國BAFTA獎最佳外語片、德國電影獎最佳影片、歐洲電影獎最佳影片等，更甭提其他如最佳主角、最佳導演等大獎。而且The Lives of Others還被許多美國主流媒體如Time、Newsweek、The New York Times和美聯社等選為2007年年度十大好片。The Lives of Others還是德國新科導演Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck的處女作哦。
The Lives of Others的故事很簡單，是一個前東德的秘密警察，監聽一位被政府盯上的作家，後來他們的人生都因此改變。說老實話，它的故事大網並不太吸引我。只是最近有一陣子沒看到什麼觸動內心深處的電影了，想說它既然榮獲那麼多大獎，雖然故事看來沒什麼特別，還是找來看看吧。
降說好了，如果電影The Pianist和Brokeback Mountain能夠讓你感動，The Lives of Others絕對能夠讓你更感動。和大多數的電影相比，The Lives of Others不算是有大起大落的劇情，一切都很平順自然，可是其強大的戲劇張力卻不知不覺中慢慢張開。The Lives of Others雖然可能會有一點點沉悶，不過投資在那兩個多小時的時間絕對是值得的。
在The Lives of Others，那一點一滴的感情，是慢慢、慢慢堆砌起來的，然後觸動內心的情感一直堆砌到了電影最後一幕，才讓人性的光明作最完美的昇華。飾演那位前東德秘密警察Wiesler的Ulrich Mühe，話很少，表情也不多，可是最難能可貴的是，他在那些少得可憐的對白和表情中，居然非常深刻地成功刻畫了一位前東德秘密警察的內心轉變和掙扎。
The Lives of Others在2004年10月26日到2004年12月17日短短的37天內拍攝完成，整個攝影過程幾乎都在柏林。有一部分場景在卡爾馬克思街的法蘭克福門（Frankfurter Tor）。影片拍攝還借用了原東德秘密警察的辦公樓，位於諾曼街（Normannenstraße）。但是，原東德秘密警察監獄紀念館的負責人卻拒絕了von Donnersmarck在原來的監獄內拍攝，理由是他無法接受居然有電影想要美化東德秘密警察。也因為其主題的爭議性，以及德國社會對前東德共產體制的厭惡，讓導演von Donnersmarck費盡九牛二虎之力才勉強籌到錢拍片，後來連柏林影展都沒能入圍。
The Lives of Others還有讓我印象深刻的一點，是德國人面對不堪回首的過去的勇氣！那段歷史，不管是東西德的分家，到後來的統一，對德國人來說，尤其是東德人，是非常沉重的。東德秘密警察那種變態的龐大國家機器，曾讓不少人生不如死。而德國在統一後，德國人還能以平常心，用電影Good Bye Lenin!和The Lives of Others的光明態度去面對那樣的黑暗過去，是著實令人欽佩的。
最後，順便附上讓Wiesler深深感動的《好人奏鳴曲》（Die Sonate vom Guten Menschen）：
菲律賓女傭在許多國家都比其它人種來得受歡迎，尤其在歐洲，因為歐洲人對菲籍女傭有先入為主的觀點，例如都是天主教徒，敬畏上帝不會偷東西，手腳靈活、聽話、說英語等特質，也是菲傭受信任的原因。對雇用菲傭的已開發國家女性而言，請一位菲傭照顧小孩的費用，遠低於將孩子送到托兒所，加上可以擁有自由的時間投入職場，讓這群已開發國家的女性越來越傾向雇用菲傭，而在這全球化的經濟浪潮中，形成一個獨特的『家管鏈The Care Chain』。
另外一部是講述歐洲國家人口生育政策的『Where Have All the Children Gone？』，則是告訴您先進的歐洲國家在面對人口老化政策，也有他們力不從心之處，因為托嬰政策失敗，造成婦女不願生小孩，更無法吸引足夠的女性勞動人口投入就業市場，雙重壓力下，歐洲已經開始面臨人口老化帶來的社會衰退。
「現代牛肉大揭密」紀錄片是由美國公共電視網PBS在2001年製作，影片從1993年的四位小孩吃了「Jack in Box」連鎖漢堡店受感染的牛肉漢堡，因此喪命，導致全美衛生單位及新聞媒體開始，檢討美國牛肉的整個飼養、屠宰、運送到消費者的手中的過程，到2003 年美國檢測出牛隻受到狂牛病毒的感染，這個對牛肉為主食的美國，該如何說服其它進口美國牛肉的消費國家安心呢？即使沒有狂牛症的問題，從養殖、生產、肉品檢疫到工業化宰殺過程裡，還是有許多問題產生，身為美國牛肉主要輸入國的台灣消費者，以及其它進口美國牛肉的國家，會造成什麼樣的影響呢？
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own是Bono獻給他父親Bob Hewson的，他親自在他父親2001年的喪禮上獻唱這首歌。
Bono至從母親過世後，和父親的關係變得緊張，可是血濃於水，他對父親還是有很深的感情，在在MV裡的開頭，就有幾句他的真心告白。 Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own收錄在2004年推出的專輯How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb。How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb奪得2006年Album of the Year和Best Rock Album，Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own拿下同年葛萊美獎的Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal。
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own也收錄在U218 Singles：
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own的歌詞：
Tough, you think you've got the stuff You're telling me and anyone You're hard enough
You don't have to put up a fight You don't have to always be right Let me take some of the punches For you tonight
Listen to me now I need to let you know You don't have to go it alone
And it's you when I look in the mirror And it's you when I don't pick up the phone Sometimes you can't make it on your own
We fight all the time You and I...that's alright We're the same soul I don't need...I don't need to hear you say That if we weren't so alike You'd like me a whole lot more
Listen to me now I need to let you know You don't have to go it alone
And it's you when I look in the mirror And it's you when I don't pick up the phone Sometimes you can't make it on your own
I know that we don't talk I'm sick of it all Can - you - hear - me - when - I - Sing, you're the reason I sing You're the reason why the opera is in me...
Where are we now? I've got to let you know A house still doesn't make a home Don't leave me here alone...
And it's you when I look in the mirror And it's you that makes it hard to let go Sometimes you can't make it on your own Sometimes you can't make it The best you can do is to fake it Sometimes you can't make it on your own
除了，《達賴喇嘛十問》（10 Questions for the Dalai Lama），還有一部貼近達賴喇嘛的記錄片，就是在這裡要介紹大家的《不眨眼的凝視》（The Unwinking Gaze: The Inside Story of the Dalai Lama's Struggle for Tibet），拍攝人約書亞‧達格戴爾（Joshua Dugdale）跟隨在達賴喇嘛身邊長達三年，拍攝他演講和開會的場景，以及甚至有達賴喇嘛吃早餐、與流亡政府的總理談話、與年輕喇嘛談繼承問題等片段，著重在政治的層面。
From The Times May 15, 2008 Joshua Dugdale on the Dalai Lama: the gaze that won me over Joshua Dugdale wanted to find out the truth about the Dalai Lama. He ended up filming his every move for three years 約書亞‧達格戴爾論達賴喇嘛：贏得我心的凝視 約書亞‧達格戴爾想知道達賴喇嘛是什麼樣的人。最後他花了三年時間拍攝他的每一個動作。
《制高點：世界經濟之戰》（Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy）是普立茲獎得主丹尼爾‧葉金（Daniel Yergin）和國際商務顧問約瑟夫‧坦尼斯（Joseph Stanislaw）合著的同名暢銷書改編，在2002年由美國公共電視台（PBS）拍攝，分成各兩個小時的三集，台灣公共電視台的播放版分成六集，各一小時。
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.
It's the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen, by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different, that their voices could be that difference.
It's the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Hispanic, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled. Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been just a collection of individuals or a collection of red states and blue states. We are, and always will be, the United States of America.
It's the answer that led those who've been told for so long by so many to be cynical and fearful and doubtful about what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.
A little bit earlier this evening, I received an extraordinarily gracious call from Sen. McCain.
Sen. McCain fought long and hard in this campaign. And he's fought even longer and harder for the country that he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine. We are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him; I congratulate Gov. Palin for all that they've achieved. And I look forward to working with them to renew this nation's promise in the months ahead.
I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart, and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on the train home to Delaware, the vice president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.
And I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last 16 years the rock of our family, the love of my life, the nation's next first lady Michelle Obama.
And while she's no longer with us, I know my grandmother's watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight. I know that my debt to them is beyond measure.
To my sister Maya, my sister Alma, all my other brothers and sisters, thank you so much for all the support that you've given me. I am grateful to them.
至若瑪雅、艾瑪二姐妹，以及吾家諸同胞，所惠我者，亦屬良多，久沐恩德，此當拜謝。
And to my campaign manager, David Plouffe, the unsung hero of this campaign, who built the best — the best political campaign, I think, in the history of the United States of America.To my chief strategist David Axelrod who's been a partner with me every step of the way.To the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what you've sacrificed to get it done.
I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didn't start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington. It began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston. It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give $5 and $10 and $20 to the cause.
It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generation's apathy who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep.
It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.
And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me.You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime — two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.
Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us.There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after the children fall asleep and wonder how they'll make the mortgage or pay their doctors' bills or save enough for their child's college education. There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair.
The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even in one term. But, America, I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you, we as a people will get there.
There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president. And we know the government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it's been done in America for 221 years — block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
What began 21 months ago in the depths of winter cannot end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek. It is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It can't happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other. Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it's that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers. In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people.
Let's resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let's remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House, a party founded on the values of self-reliance and individual liberty and national unity.Those are values that we all share.
And while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, we are not enemies but friends. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.
And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn, I may not have won your vote tonight, but I hear your voices. I need your help. And I will be your president, too.
And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
吾邦民衆，散居天下，各安其命，而其志一也。吾邦鼎盛之勢，今已乍現鋒芒。
To those — to those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all those who have wondered if America's beacon still burns as bright: Tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyielding hope.
That's the true genius of America: that America can change. Our union can be perfected. What we've already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.
This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one that's on my mind tonight's about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. She's a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.
She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons — because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.
And tonight, I think about all that she's seen throughout her century in America — the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we can't, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.
At a time when women's voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.
When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.
When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.
當吾國良港遭襲，天下桀紂當道，暴政肆虐之時，庫氏親見豪傑群起，民主不衰——吾輩既在，無所不能！
She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that "We Shall Overcome." Yes we can.
A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can.
America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves — if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?
This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can.
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