Essay - Schindler's List Introduction the Purpose of This Paper Is to...

SCHINDLER'S LIST

INTRODUCTION

***** purpose of this paper is to discuss and evaluate the film "Schindler's List," directed by Stephen Spielberg, in 1993.

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***** film is much more than just a movie ***** enterta*****. It is a film that enlightens the viewer, ***** tells a true story of great strength and courage. The camera work is jerky at times, reminiscent of "cinema verite," and ***** other times it is almost stark, w*****h alternating shadow and light, expressing the starkness of the Jews lives as they came under Nazi rule. The use of ***** angles, dark **********, and the eerie musical score all set the somber mood for the *****, and add to its overall impact. Spielberg underst*****s how all ***** components of a film, from writing to lighting, come together to create the whole.

The film is memorable for several reasons. First, it tells the story of an ordinary m*****, who rises to greatness when it is necessary. Schindler is an unlikely hero; he ***** a wom*****nizer, a member of t***** N*****zi party, and an astute businessman. At first, he saves ***** simply because they are ***** for his business to keep operating. We see it as nothing ***** than a ***** decision. However, as the ***** goes on, Schindler sees what is happening all around him, ***** he does not like *****, or agree with it. He saves over 1,000 Jews, but loses his business in ***** end, and leaves Germany almost penniless.

The film also follows a Nazi soldier, as he completes his missions - eradicating Jews. Seeing the two main characters side-by-side helps contrast them, but also allows us to see them both as humans, no matter what we want to believe about them.

*****, I found the ***** very difficult ***** watch. I understand what atrocities took place during W*****ld War II, and they are ***** but shocking. I have read many equally disturbing books, but I think it is more difficult to watch it, ***** to read it. I think the film made an impact on me ***** it portrayed ***** as a re*****l man, ***** real problems, and real shortcomings, not ***** a hero who could do no wrong. That is not real life ***** this film certainly portrayed real *****, in all its horror and disgust.

The use ***** ca*****ra *****, lighting, ***** character development throughout the movie *****re ***** most interesting to me. It was ***** interesting to see how ***** tried to re***** the World War ***** Poland ghetto, and the horrors and humiliation of ***** concentration camps. One of the ***** moving scenes was when Schindler ***** ***** women ***** girls who a***** mis***** to a c*****mp, and sees first-h***** what is ***** to the Jews. ***** is also one of the most d*****turbing scenes, as the ********** floats down at the beginning of the scene, and you know what the ash contains, you do ***** ***** to be told.

CONCLUSION

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