Schindler's List movie review

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"Schindler's List" will exist as an eternal glory in the history of film. It is a classic work in the history of film. Steven Spielberg's name will also be associated with this film forever.

In 1993, the famous American director Steven Spielberg led the film crew of "Schindler's List" to Poland for the first time. Just as they entered the Krakow Center Camp during World War II and prepared to set up camp. At that time, he suddenly received an urgent telegram from the National Jewish Association from New York: "Please do not disturb the souls of the dead, let them rest in peace." Spielberg read this few words of the telegram without saying a word. He immediately ordered the entire film crew to evacuate the Krakow concentration camp and move dozens of kilometers away to set up sets for filming. At the same time, he left the film crew alone and flew directly to New York. Spielberg crossed the Atlantic and went to New York in person to apologize to the "Jewish Association" without sending a representative or using fast and convenient modern communication tools such as telephone, telegraph, and telex. His humility and sincerity impressed all members of the "Jewish Association" All moved. No wonder international film critics later praised "Schindler's List" as "a film full of humanitarianism shot by a director full of humanitarian spirit."

"Schindler's List" shocked the world - this film, which profoundly exposed the horrific crimes of the German Nazis in massacre of Jews, premiered in Frankfurt, Germany on March 1, 1994, with the German President personally attending. film's premiere.

U.S. President Clinton was so impressed after watching the film that he even exclaimed at a press conference: "I urgently urge you to see this film."

《 "Schindler's List" has such a huge impact and such a profound and painful artistic charm. It should be said that it is due to the fact that Spielberg has Jewish blood in his body and has personally experienced the discrimination against Jews in his childhood. Pain; and the fact that 17 members of his Ukrainian family were murdered in Nazi concentration camps in Poland; and deep down in his heart, he had a pious and grateful attitude towards Schindler, the great benefactor of the Jews, etc. The series is inseparable from the fact that it cannot escape.

As early as 1982, Spielberg received "Schindler's List" by Australian novelist Thomas Corneares from his producer, never Uncharacteristically, Spielberg not only read the novel carefully, but also immediately bought the rights to adapt and produce it. He realized that this was a subject he had longed for, but he knew the time was not yet ripe. It was not until 10 years later, in the spring of 1993, that some important people in the film industry persuaded him to abandon the shooting plan of this non-commercial film. A leading figure in his film company even suggested: "Instead of making this film, it is better to use the money to Donate to the Holocaust Museum." This sentence angered Spielberg and further contributed to his determination to make this film at any cost. The film company finally gave in and had to let this "child" director, who is known for his game mentality in shooting thrillers, horror films and science fiction films, to realize his dream. For this film, Spielberg gave up his usual movie stunts for the first time, refused to hire Hollywood movie stars to star, and only hired a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp as an assistant director and a Jew rescued by Schindler. Video consultant. In this way, he only spent 23 million US dollars to shoot this 3 hours and 15 minutes of film. The filming of this film was a new experience for Spielberg, and the suppressed emotional floodgates suddenly opened. He said: "This time I felt that what mattered was not my imagination, but my conscience. Suddenly, I used to use the camera to escape reality and face reality. I cried during the filming. I shed tears every day. "

In order to facilitate work, Spielberg took his family to Poland, but he was 14 hours a day. After hours of intense shooting work, his relatives could not free him from his thoughts during the day. During the filming of the film, Spielberg was unable to control his emotions more than once and forced the filming to stop midway. When he directed the extras with gestures - the healthy to the right and the sick to the left, he felt like a Nazi; when he directed the women to shave their heads, strip off their clothes and treat them like animals His heart was breaking as he rushed back and forth. He said: "This is the most terrifying experience in my life." For several weeks, he did not shake hands with the German actors in the crew or say hello to the actors wearing Nazi uniforms. He thought he was living in that year In the Nazi concentration camp, 4 months later, the film was closed in Poland, and the physically and mentally exhausted Spielberg finally showed a smile. ...After filming this film, Spielberg declined the salary and decided to donate all his personal profits to the United States Holocaust Museum.

Although "Schindler's List" is mainly shot in black and white, it is still a large-scale color production. There are 126 characters in the film and 30,000 extras were used to perform. In addition to 30 locations in Poland, 140 sets were also built. More than a hundred Jews were mobilized in front and behind the scenes to allow them to relive the horrific and bloody nightmare of the Nazis. The plot of the film is turbulent and tragic. Picture by picture, the solid technique of a documentary with black and white photography as the main tone shows the horror of the German Nazis' crazy extermination of the Jews. The horror of the film is tear-jerking.

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"Schindler's List" has become the most watched film in the world. Its seriousness of thought and extraordinary artistic expression have reached an almost insurmountable depth. Many films have been made in the past depicting the mass murder of Jews during World War II, but this is the first true story about the Germans awakening their conscience and risking their lives to rebel against the Nazis and rescue the Jews. In the film, Schindler was not a hero at the beginning. Why he became a hero in the end is not explained in the film - it only shows his actions. Spielberg uses a small, symbolic foil: during the purge of Krakow's Jewish ghetto, Schindler is seen wielding clubs, wildly firing stormtroopers, and driven-out Jews among themselves saw a little girl in red who had walked through atrocities and massacres virtually unscathed. This scene greatly shocked Schindler. Spielberg treats the girl as a key character in the transformation of the entire film. In the black and white photography, only the little girl uses red. In Schindler's eyes, the little girl is the highlight of the entire massacre scene in black and white - the girl appears again later - she is lying on a corpse truck being taken to the crematorium.

This picture has become a classic. The deep connotation and artistic value of its photography far exceed that of film works in the general sense. From the beginning of the film to the announcement of the Nazis' surrender, they were all shot in black and white, with the purpose of enhancing the sense of reality and symbolizing the dark ages of the Jews. Later, the Nazis surrendered, and when the Jews walked out of the concentration camp, a bright light suddenly appeared on the screen, and brilliant colors appeared, making the audience feel as if they were walking from darkness into the sunshine, and they could experience the cheerful mood of the characters in the play when they were relieved of the threat of death.

The film’s director of photography, Zanussi Kamanski, mastered the texture of black-and-white photography, which has a heavy flavor, especially when shooting slums in Poland, with low walls and bricks. , moist smell, restoring the true atmosphere of the era...

At the same time, Schindler is played by Irish movie star Liam Neeson, and the powerful cast is composed of Ben Kingsley, who won the Oscar for starring in "Gandhi", playing the Jewish Stern. , is also an indispensable factor in making this film successful.

It is difficult for a good movie to be as perfect as "Schindler's List", which is simply impossible to criticize. It should be said that its existence is a kind of eternity in movies. The Academy Awards only serve as a faded foil to it.

The 66th Academy Awards for Best Picture "Schindler's List"

The film won 7 Oscars--Best Picture, Best Director, Best Best screenplay, best photography, best art direction, best editing, best music. This film is also a humanitarian work by Steven Spielberg reflecting on historical catastrophes. It is also the first time that he has received recognition from film critics since his debut in film.