5 The Lives of Others - Wiesler as a ruthless and efficient Stasi operator
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN cites it, and the scent-sample scene in the film, in threads about surveillance and Stasi methods such as smell registers.
What it is
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.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 2 different months, 2015 to 2021.
What Hacker News said
Recommends Tomte · 2019-11 · on “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": [this video]
Recommends Tomte · 2020-02 · on “People leave molecular wakes that may give away their secrets”
Have a look at this scene from the fantastic film "The Lives of Others": [this video] The odour conserve features at the end.
Cites dbbolton · 2015-10 · on “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): [this video]
Cites _Microft · 2021-07 · on ““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: [this video] (has English subtitles) [0] [LINK]