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5 The Lives of Others - Wiesler as a ruthless and efficient Stasi operator

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A clip from the film The Lives of Others showing Wiesler as a ruthless, efficient Stasi interrogator who uses a recorded interrogation to train new officers. HN uses other scenes from the same film as well.

HN cites it, and the scent-sample scene in the film, in threads about surveillance and Stasi methods such as smell registers.

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@dbbolton2015 · in “How to detect lies with a storytelling technique”

This method sort of reminds me of one of the opening scenes from Das Leben der Anderen (which is a great movie): [VIDEO]

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@Tomte2019 · in “DNA database that found Golden State Killer is potential national security leak”

> "scent jars" Have a look at this scene from the fantastic film "The Lives of Others": [VIDEO]

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@Tomte2020 · in “People leave molecular wakes that may give away their secrets”

Have a look at this scene from the fantastic film "The Lives of Others": [VIDEO] The odour conserve features at the end.

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@_Microft2021 · in ““The Stasi Had a Giant Smell Register of Dissidents””

Scent sample collection by putting a dust cloth under the chair of someone who was interrogated (as it is described in the article) was shown in the German movie "The Lives of Others" [0]. Fast forward to ~4:30min if you are not interested in the rest of the film clip: [VIDEO] (has English subtitles) [0] [LINK]

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