Schindlers List
Schindler's List is a movie that though I had heard much about, I had never seen. I don't know if it was out of lack of interest for the subject, fear of the reportedly graphic scenes, or just the knowledge of its length that I avoided the film, but I did. I can remember when I was in 8th grade hearing an announcement over the loudspeaker that all of the seniors had to bring in their permission slips so that they would be allowed to watch the film in the auditorium the following week. That certainly piqued my interest. What was it about this film that was so bad that it required a permission slip, yet so good that it was being shown in school for the students? When I learned that we would be watching the film in class, I was excited and curious to finally see what all the hype was about. What I found out was that it was a very sad, very depressing, and very beautiful film. Not beautiful in the sense of those Jane Austen pictures with the rolling English landscapes and multi-colored dresses, but beautiful in its complexity and honesty. It was brutally graphic, but not in a gratuitous way like the popular films of today, it was graphic because it was an accurate portrayal of true event in history. Without the violence and
These Jews are given over to Schindler who then releases them to go their own way. Schindler gets the rich Jews from the ghetto to invest in the factory and he uses Jews to work for him since they cost him little. It showed him for what he was: a war profiteer and a womanizer who liked to party and really did not come to Poland with the idea of saving any Jews. The film begins in Krakow, Poland just after the collapse of the Polish army and at the beginning of the German occupation. I thought that this was an amazing film. Whenever he did meet with Stern, the intelligent manager would feed him little stories of how the Jews were being treated. He accepts it, but with regret that he did not do more to save more Jews. Several days later, all of the Jews in the camps are asked to strip and put through numerous exams to see whether they are sick or healthy enough to work. What I did like about the film was that it did not idealize Schindler (at least not until the end). Through the black market, Schindler obtains numerous delicacies such as liquor and chocolate for the SS and German officers and sends them large gift baskets that place him in their good favor. Schindler's factory became a haven for the Jews among all of the chaos. I know that I learned from this film, not really about facts about the war or the Holocaust, because I learned those from books and documentaries on PBS. The grateful Jews melt their gold fillings to create a ring, which they present as a gift to Schindler. Oskar Schindler, a tall handsome womanizer arrives in the city looking to open a factory in order to profit from the war. All of the children are placed in trucks, and they are sent away.
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