Schindler's List

dehumanization of Jews started in Germany in 1933, and did not end until the fall of The Third Reich at the end of WWII. The organized slaughter of millions of Jews in the Holocaust is something that one may find hard to fully comprehend. The film Schindler’s List demonstrates this social turn, whereby over the course of 15 or so years, one race of people was framed to be the cause of Germanys misfortune, to the point of absolute hatred and slaughter. The tracks of anti-Semitism ran deep…

Annotated Bibliography Ebert, Roger “Schindler's List Movie Review”, RogerEbert, Roger Ebert, https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/schindlers-list-1993, 15 Dec 1993. 6 Jan 2018. Roger Ebert writes on his website a review of Schindler's List on the day of release. He gives his thoughts on the film itself which he makes the point of being the greatest film Steven Spielberg has ever made. As he discusses the major plot points of the film itself, he adds on his opnions on how Steven Spielberg…

paper was Schindler's List, which was directed by Steven Spielberg. I selected this film specifically, because I always found the subject matter relating to the events of the Holocaust interesting. All of the subject matter I had been exposed to about the Holocaust was from books and through oral teaching, so I thought a film that focused on the Holocaust could give me a deeper meaning of the actual event itself. One of my high school history teachers use to reference Schindler's List in class,…

A Jewish father with his wife and son are trapped between the appalling situations of discrimination and fall of a race. La vita è bella (Original title: Life is Beautiful) will certainly leave you in awe once you finish the film. According to IMDB (n.d.), it lavished prestigious awards including three Oscars (1999), one from the Cannes Film Festival (1998), four Italian Golden Globes (1998) and one Grammy Award (2000). The Italian film was directed by Roberto Benigni and was released on 20th…

Schindler’s List, written by Thomas Keneally and originally published in 1982, is the true story of a German industrialist named Oskar Schindler, who spared the lives of over a thousand Jews during the Holocaust. During the war, Schindler, his shrewd and gregarious nature accompanying him, was able to prevent the ends of many Jews by convincing officials they were indispensable to the running of his enamelware factory. The name of the novel is derived from the lists he and others created to…

dream about having, in different aspects of their lives. Whether it is at work, or simply in front of a group of people, power can show itself under different skins. In the case of Schindler’s List, the famously known novel written by Thomas Keneally, power is a theme that haunts many of the characters life. Schindler’s list tells the story of Oskar Schindler, a businessman whom throughout World War II, helped hundreds of Jews to escape the hands of the Nazi, by keeping them under his wing, in…

as a belief abut individuals based on group membership. Prejudice is feelings (typically negative) about individuals based on group membership. Discrimination is behaviors directed toward individuals as a result of their group membership. In Schindler’s List the whole movie shows patterns of these concepts. An example of stereotype was a scene in which a Jewish man thanked Schindler for giving him a job and making him a valuable worker. As the man left, Schindler asked Stern, a man who ran the…

Schindler’s List Made Powerful Through Technical Aspects Some movies are forgettable while others are unforgettable. Technical aspects used by a director are very important to the development of a movie’s storyline and are largely responsible for the outcome of it. The director controls the moods, the thoughts, and the interpretation of a piece of work by the way he incorporates technical aspects like color, lighting, music, sound, editing, film angles, and framing throughout his work. The use…

outlets of media will be released. This then turns into a cycle, with more good media, more people are affected for good and will then put out even more inspiring media. This “good media” helps to inspire others to do good around the world. Schindler’s list is an example of media that inspires others. This movie depicts the horrible atrocities of the Holocaust and how one man, Oskar Schindler, was able to rescue some jewish people who would otherwise be murdered in concentration camps. The…

The aesthetic of each movie is also drastically different. In the black and white film of Schindler’s List, only a few colors are exposed and specifically to draw attention to the most important aspects of the story. The director, Steven Spielberg offers this technique to draw attention to significant parts of the movie. The specific scenes of the red coated girl and liberation of the Jews, the colors define precise themes. One of the most significant characters presents herself during the…