I had the unique pleasure of seeing the 1993 motion picture "Schindler's List" on the very first day that it opened, Christmas Day 1993. I had heard a lot about the film before that first screening, but was not totally prepared for what was about to follow. This marked the first time that a single film emotionally drained me. During the sequence where the little girl's lifeless body wearing the red coat is shown amongst the heap of corpses being burned by the nazis, nearly everyone in the theater, myself included. were brought to tears. Steven Spielberg brought to the screen a vision of filmmaking unlike anything else that he had done before. This was his triumph, his masterpiece, told on a grand scale. This film was released during the same year as his blockbuster "Jurassic Park". The movie deservedly went on to win a total of 7 Oscars, including Best Director and Best Picture. After that first viewing of the film, it ended up becoming my favorite motion picture of all time; a distinction it held until "Saving Private Ryan" was released in 1998. Since then, both films have tied as my favorite movie of all time. Nobody can tell a cinematic story quite like Steven Spielberg. This film is solid proof!Read full review
As if this movie was not as emotionally draining as it was, I did a little research and found that the real Oskar Schindler was an even more amazing man than was depicted in the film. Schindler and his wife personally saved from starvation and exposure a number of Jews that had been abandoned in a transport on a siding near the end of the war. This movie would probably make my short list of one of the ten greatest films ever made.....It teaches how a man, with all his faults, can stand up to a great evil, and do all in his power to stop it. They don't make movies like this anymore.....wish they did.
Because this is based on actual events, it got my attention. Of course, Liam Neeson is easy on the eyes, but the story of Oskar Schlindler amazes me! He was an entrepreneur during the war, a womanizer, a conniver,...the kind of guy I may not like. But his compassion for the Jews during a time when they were being treated horribly is a wonder. The story is mostly black and white - to depict the atrocities of war, I think. But the little girl in the red coat will get your attention every time you see her! It is the story of one man's fantastic compassion for fellow human beings when it was not popular.
The tapes work well, I'm very grateful that Schindler's List not only exists nowadays but existed back in the 90s during the VHS times, that gave people years and years to watch a very important movie with a very good meaning
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