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Post by Popeye Doyle on Dec 11, 2018 17:55:05 GMT
Flashback to 1993, the eight year old me was taken to see Jurassic Park that summer. For reasons obvious, my parent chose not to take me to see Steven Spielberg's other movie released that year. Wouldn't be until new year's days 2000 I'd first see it. In an interview with, I think it was 60 minutes, Spielberg said he wants to be remembered for two films - E.T. and Schindler's List. It's not hard to see why - both are personal projects. One dealing with the realities of a broken home and the father not there but still representing a great example of movie magic. The latter finds Spielberg confronting the horrors of The Holocaust in such an uncompromising manner (at least for a major Hollywood release) you have to second guess his last movie was Jurassic Park.
I think Roger Ebert described it best - "The movie is brilliantly acted, written, directed and seen. Individual scenes are masterpieces of art direction, cinematography, special effects, crowd control." For Spielberg managing to avoid sentimentality throughout the film, I'm still unsure how I feel towards the scene with Schindler's breakdown at the end or the on the nose symbolism with the red coat. The ending, with the actual survivors, is emotionally devastating every time I see it. |
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Post by politicidal on Dec 11, 2018 18:45:38 GMT
It took me a long time to actually finish the thing. Always got distressed. Powerful stuff.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Dec 17, 2018 16:22:09 GMT
It took me a long time to actually finish the thing. Always got distressed. Powerful stuff. He's making a list, Czeching it twice, gonna find out who's Nazi or nice! |
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Post by politicidal on Dec 17, 2018 16:29:10 GMT
It took me a long time to actually finish the thing. Always got distressed. Powerful stuff. He's making a list, Czeching it twice, gonna find out who's Nazi or nice!  And just like that, we are going to hell. |
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Post by bravomailer on Dec 17, 2018 16:53:00 GMT
My view is that even the best Holocaust films are not as powerful as the documentary footage, photos, and a few books.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Dec 17, 2018 16:56:11 GMT
My view is that even the best Holocaust films are not as powerful as the documentary footage, photos, and a few books. Have you seen Son of Saul? |
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Post by bravomailer on Dec 17, 2018 19:09:47 GMT
My view is that even the best Holocaust films are not as powerful as the documentary footage, photos, and a few books. Have you seen Son of Saul? Have not but I hear it's quite powerful. |
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Dec 17, 2018 19:21:10 GMT
Have you seen Son of Saul? Have not but I hear it's quite powerful. It's a real downer. First thing you'll notice is the film's shallow focus, which remains constant.
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Post by zenzy on Dec 23, 2018 6:34:53 GMT
...For Spielberg managing to avoid sentimentality throughout the film, I'm still unsure how I feel towards the scene with Schindler's breakdown at the end or the on the nose symbolism with the red coat. Maybe you're unsure because you didn't get the direct link; Schindler not saving red coat girl in particular is the main reason for his breakdown. |
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