DDR/DDR

A city symphony (of sorts), an elliptical personal essay and a meta–history lesson, Amie Siegel’s examination of surveillance culture during the dog days of the Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR) takes sideways swipes at the former nation’s fascistic practices. There is a stunning mediation on sleek surfaces that hide social rot and technology hijacked by Big Brother; you just have to bypass the film’s creator to get to it.