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Starring:
Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes, Embeth Davidtz, Caroline Goodall, Andrzej Seweryn, Norbert Weisser, Michael Schneider, Mark Ivanir, Friedrich von Thun, Jonathan Sagalle, Malgoscha Gebel, Shmulik Levy, Beatrice Macola, Anna Mucha
Directed By:
Steven Spielberg
Written By:
Steven Zaillian
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Schindler's List (1993)
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Movie Review by Zara 
March 6th, 2007
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Spielberg gets his due
An absolutely brilliant and totally haunting side of the Holocaust that most people were unaware of, we follow an entreprenuer who decides to use the Jews in the concentration camps as cheap labor and inadvertantly ends up saving their lives and becoming their hero.
Shot in gorgeous black and white, the movie moves between the circles of the wealthy in Germany and to the dispicable conditions that were maintained at the camps. Stark images will cause your chest to grip tightly, making it hard to believe that there could have been a large group of people who could have been so inhumanly cruel.
The story is important to tell because not every person on the German side was evil and there were a few who were trying to do their best to stop or alleviate the atrocities that were being carried out. The acting is intense, the story is enlighting, the cinematography is stunning and the movie is one of the best that has ever been made and honored. A true masterpiece.
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 | James
Mar 6, 2007 5:10 PM
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| One of the best casts ever. Neeson, Fiennes and Kingsley are all brilliant. |
 | Todd
Mar 12, 2007 1:14 PM
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| An absolutely dead-on review by Zara. Hard for me to add much more to this, other than I've never seen a movie in my life at the theater like this one that moved so many people in the audience to tears--or more accurately, to openly weep-- not only at the end of the film but several times DURING it as well. That's how much of a profound effect and emotional impact this film had on so many people who saw it. I even recall reading a story in the newspaper at the time about how a Skinhead became motivated to change his ways after seeing it. Spielberg depicts to us very clearly that Oskar Schindler was an enigmatic and flawed man but by doing so shows that you don't have to be perfect in order to be a hero, which is ultimately what Schindler was and deserves to be remembered for more than any of his characteristic imperfections. Indeed, there are images here that will "cause your chest to grip tightly" as Zara put it. Spielberg just has a way of making things feel so..."real" that I really don't know how to put into words other than that. During one particular scene for instance, the terrifying look in the eyes of one character just seconds after an order is given from a high ranking Nazi official that she is to be executed on the spot is so gripping and real, you truly feel like you are right there besides her witnessing this horrifying atrocity occur. This movie is truly a heart-wrenching masterpiece, one that might at times be difficult to watch yet should be required viewing for virtually all members of the human race. |
 | Cyndy
Apr 6, 2007 3:11 PM
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| I visited a concentration camp in Germany when I was 8 years old. My strongest memory is how birds still don't fly over it for the lingering stench that we can't detect. What do you call drama in the absence of demonstration? When I remember this movie, I visualize the simplicity with which Spielberg portrayed the executions in the yard. It had more effect on me than the graphic, bloody scenes in most movies. Like when I was 8 and looking into the ovens. |
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