When dreyman tracks down wiesler , was actually delivering a mail .First dreyman tries to get down and speak to him,but after a moment of thought he doesn't speak to him.Can any one give a reason why he doesn't want to speak to him?.I felt a little sad over this.
shareIt is obvious, he is scared of confronting the guy who helped him, he can never really repay him, what do you say? I wouldn't have said anything either, it would be awkward at best, and insulting at worst. I might have written a letter or something, but if I was in the same position as an author I would have done the same thing, the book was the best idea.
shareThe Minister comments to Dreyman that he had not written since the Berlin Wall came down. When he sees Wiesler delivering mail he sees what this man has sacrificed for him to continue writing. He realized that just approaching him and saying "Hey Dude, thanks for saving my ass from the Stasi, but I'm sorry you pissed away your career considering I don't wrte any more" wasn't going to cut it; he realized the only way he could ever truly thank him was to do what Wiesler's sacrifice made possible: write.
shareSpot on.
Once the repressive government had been removed and Christa-Maria was gone, Dreyman lacked a muse and could no longer write. Would Dreyman be the next suicide by an artist robbed of creative-expressive power, like Albert and Christa-Maria?
When he saw Wiesler on the street Dreyman thought about stopping to thank him but then thought better of it, although the reason is left ambiguous to the viewer. It would have been a shallow gesture of thanks. Instead, realizing the profound act of generosity and daring on Wielser's part, done obviously because of Wiesler's growing respect for Dreyman as a human and artistic spirit, Dreyman had to communicate his appreciation to Wiesler in a manner that demonstrated the importance of what Wiesler had done for him, using his appreciation for Wiesler to reignite his muse and write.
The final gesture is perfect, as the dedication is open for all to see but decipherable only by Wiesler, who upon seeing it can say to the clerk, "It is for me." The clerk would think Wiesler meant he was buying the book for himself and not as a gift, but Wiesler to himself spoke of the book and dedication "It is for me" knowing that Dreyman would expect no one else would know to whom the book was dedicated. So the dedication was public but uncannily intimate, understood by only two people in the film (creating privacy within the public realm instead of making public what should be in the private realm) ... and by the eavesdropping audience, who are viewing the lives of others.
When I watched the film for the first time, that last scene summoned up a sense of dread: it had not put a foot wrong up until this point, but now the writer/director was going to give us a sappy scene of reconciliation? I felt unspeakably relieved when von Donnersmarck didn't go there.
I'm reminded a bit of a very different film, The Game, that kept inviting the viewer to think it was about to degenerate into a conventional thriller, and persisted in confounding these expectations.
It doesn't matter why he doesn't speak to him, what matters is that fabulous last line. That has to be the best last line ever.
shareI don't think Dreyman could say the words. He could WRITE the words and probably quite well, but not say them face to face.
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