In Darkness And Schindlers List Analysis

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War is antagonising, portraying characters holding onto humanity and evoking sympathy from the audience. Director Steven Spielberg’s, Schindler's List: the story is based on Oskar Schindler and his incredible actions to save Jews from Auschwitz. In Darkness, director Agnieszka Holland, tells the true story of Leopold Socha who risks his own life to save a dozen people from death. Both films used technical cinematography, exploring the identity of character, their development and their places within societies, surroundings and the depiction of the Nazis, Jews and the protagonist.
Both directors explore the 'thrill' of the Nazis killing innocent individuals and the motives that lead to this. In Darkness and Schindler's List they both examine
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In Schindler's List and In Darkness show both heroes, Oskar Schindler and Poldek, a money maker with a small heart, saving approximately thousands of Jews. Both from a greedy war profiteer to men willing to help and give up how fortune to save lives. Both showing the personnel of rebel individuals who don’t hesitate to do something out of the ordinary, for example in many of scenes in the movie both of them places bribes upon co-workers, soldiers and jews. Their gradual transformation into a ‘hero’ is them realizing by providing labor jobs for the Jews in Schindler’s List and providing shelter for the Jews in In Darkness, it creates a place for them to call ‘home’ and a light of ‘hope’. Both Developing compassion and personal connection with them, beginning to see they are strong independent individuals like themselves. Schindler’s List, Creating a realization for Oskar becoming aware there is more to money, by providing a labor for the Jews, it gives them a sense of security and reassurance. Sympathy also plays a major part in many of the scenes, Oskar feelings of pity and sorrow for the Jews misfortune. Impacting on the audience's emotions as well, The dramatic action that takes place in the scenes causes an emotional effect on the character. The emotional reactions the character experiences or emotional changes the character undergoes within a specific scene is often fleeting and temporary. Emotional change symbolises the character's emotional reactions within the scenes. The film does not propagate a harsh stance but Schindler's impolite manner making this speculation reasonable. Schindler's motives, the good effect of his choices is undeniable. Compared to In Darkness, there was no particular individual bring out the moral side of Poldek, he gradually gains the acquired knowledge of his own initiative rather through formal authority. Both movies portray the

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