Schindler’s List Questions
1. In making Schindler’s List, Spielberg says he tried to be “more of a reporter than a passionate, involved filmmaker—because I wanted to communicate information more than I needed to proselytize and convert. The information is so compelling because it wasn’t written by Hollywood authors. It comes out of the human experience… [But] out of history.” That vision influenced many of his decisions as the film’s director. Identify and describe 3 scenes that reflect Spielberg’s desire to place the viewer “inside the experiences of Holocaust survivors and actual victims as close as a movie can.” [10]
Here are 3 examples of Spielberg allowing the audience to experience what it had been like during the time of the Holocaust. …show more content…
From the beginning of the film, Schindler was a pure war profiteer of the Nazi party, but towards the end of the film Schindler did not care about money, but only worried about the lives of the innocent people that were suffering.
However, there was one particular scene which sparked the change of his view on morality. This was the scene of Schindler and his mistress stands on top of a hill to view down at the liquidation of the Jewish ghetto. Schindler sees that the Jews had been forced out of their homes, their possessions discarded onto the streets, and random executions took place. Because of this striking scene, Schindler becomes shocked of the way the Jews were forced to live through, and begins to feel sympathy for the Jews. From the film it could be seen that the expression on Schindler’s face while watching was absolute horror. During this time Schindler spots a little girl wearing a red coat slowing wandering across the scene, oblivious to the fact that there were chaos everywhere around her. Schindler heart was touched by the state the little girl was in, without her parents and in this chaotic
1. In making Schindler’s List, Spielberg says he tried to be “more of a reporter than a passionate, involved filmmaker—because I wanted to communicate information more than I needed to proselytize and convert. The information is so compelling because it wasn’t written by Hollywood authors. It comes out of the human experience… [But] out of history.” That vision influenced many of his decisions as the film’s director. Identify and describe 3 scenes that reflect Spielberg’s desire to place the viewer “inside the experiences of Holocaust survivors and actual victims as close as a movie can.” [10]
Here are 3 examples of Spielberg allowing the audience to experience what it had been like during the time of the Holocaust. …show more content…
From the beginning of the film, Schindler was a pure war profiteer of the Nazi party, but towards the end of the film Schindler did not care about money, but only worried about the lives of the innocent people that were suffering.
However, there was one particular scene which sparked the change of his view on morality. This was the scene of Schindler and his mistress stands on top of a hill to view down at the liquidation of the Jewish ghetto. Schindler sees that the Jews had been forced out of their homes, their possessions discarded onto the streets, and random executions took place. Because of this striking scene, Schindler becomes shocked of the way the Jews were forced to live through, and begins to feel sympathy for the Jews. From the film it could be seen that the expression on Schindler’s face while watching was absolute horror. During this time Schindler spots a little girl wearing a red coat slowing wandering across the scene, oblivious to the fact that there were chaos everywhere around her. Schindler heart was touched by the state the little girl was in, without her parents and in this chaotic