Lancemc said:
I'm not saying, that's how I view things. Not calling anyone a fool.
But The Lives of Others was an odd case, considering it WAS released so early in 2006, was on a lot of critics' 2006 lists, and was nominated in the Oscars for that year as well for foreign film.
It's like monkeyskin and his bizarre lists that everyone likes to point out. He doesn't get a lot of the big name 2007 films until 2008, so wouldn't it be weird to see all those films this time next year on his list?
That's all. I just think it's kind of weird. But that's film distribution for you.
Critics see things earlier than everyone else. And The Lives of Others wasn't released all over Europe in 2006. Look at the list of release dates, take away the film festival appearances, and the majority of countries didn't get it until 2007.
Country Date
Germany 15 March 2006 (Berlin) (premiere)
Germany 23 March 2006
Switzerland 6 August 2006 (Locarno Film Festival)
Austria 17 August 2006
Switzerland 17 August 2006 (German speaking region)
USA 3 September 2006 (Telluride Film Festival)
Canada 7 September 2006 (Toronto Film Festival)
Finland 17 September 2006 (Helsinki International Film Festival)
Argentina 29 September 2006 (German Film Festival)
Czech Republic 4 October 2006 (German Language Film Festival)
Denmark 13 October 2006
Finland 27 October 2006
Spain 5 November 2006 (Seville Film Festival)
Sweden 10 November 2006
USA 12 November 2006 (Denver International Film Festival)
Germany 16 November 2006 (DVD premiere)
France 19 November 2006 (Arras Film Festival)
Greece 14 December 2006 (Thessaloniki)
Czech Republic 4 January 2007
Poland 26 January 2007
Belgium 31 January 2007
France 31 January 2007
Hong Kong 1 February 2007
Portugal 8 February 2007 (Lisbon)
Taiwan 9 February 2007
USA 9 February 2007 (limited)
Japan 10 February 2007
Germany 13 February 2007 (Berlin International Film Festival)
Israel 15 February 2007
Spain 16 February 2007
UK 18 February 2007 (Keswick Film Festival)
Hungary 22 February 2007
Netherlands 1 March 2007
Singapore 1 March 2007
Thailand 1 March 2007
Bulgaria 5 March 2007 (Sofia International Film Festival)
Turkey 9 March 2007
Mexico 16 March 2007
Slovakia 22 March 2007
South Korea 22 March 2007
UK 23 March 2007 (Human Rights Watch Film Festival)
Australia 29 March 2007
Slovenia 29 March 2007
Italy 6 April 2007
Colombia 13 April 2007
UK 13 April 2007
Argentina 19 April 2007
Iceland 4 May 2007
Uruguay 11 May 2007 (Montevideo)
Russia 19 July 2007
Estonia 14 September 2007
Brazil 30 November 2007