Schindler's List DVD

Advantages: A masterpiece in monochrome, with a splash of red.
Disadvantages: Harrowing in the extreme, a hard lesson in history.

...not been able to watch Schindler's List despite my gentle persusasion to do so. Perhaps one day we might have sat down together and shared this experience, but I think I'm in for a long wait now, even with my tenuous belief in reincaranation. She was a stubborn old bugger who knew her own mind until her last years, but I loved her dearly. So without her permission, which she would have been most reluctant to give because of the subject matter of ...
...rent a DVD copy of Schindler's List, a movie I had seen at the cinema when it was first released in 1993. I think it was the shameless posturing and denial of the incredibly arrogant Herman Goering during the BBC depiction of his trial that prompted me to revisit the subject of the Holocaust. Even today, it is a subject that is so uncomfortable, so difficult to comprehend as a historical reality that we almost avoid talking about it. The more politically ... Read review

Advantages: Moving, beautiful, timeless, tragic
Disadvantages: Do you wanna cry? Do ya??!!

...for his fellow human beings, Schindler's efforts leave him a penniless but remembered man. CREDITS: Oskar Schindler - Liam Neeson Itzhak Stern - Ben Kingsley Amon Goeth - Ralph Fiennes Emilie Schindler - Caroline Goodall Poldek Pfefferberg - Jonathan Sagalle Helen Hirsch - Embeth Davidtz Director - Steven Spielberg Screenwriter - Steven Zaillian THE DVD: "Schindler's List" has been digitally remastered for its DVD debut and contains some ...
...is the usual cast and crew film/biographies of all the major people involved in "Schindler's List" and also "About Oskar Schindler", a look at the man behind the story. There is also a behind the scenes look at the Shoah Foundation, showing why and how Steven Spielberg started the organisation. The most interesting, and also most powerful, extra on the DVD is a documentary called "Voices From The List" which features the eye witnesses talking about ... Read review

Advantages: Good story, good cast, good script, good direction, etc
Disadvantages: maybe monotonous for some

This is universally acclaimed to be one of the best movies. Steven Speilberg who has many great movies to his name directed Schindler’s list. He created a classic movie when he made this movie which leaves a lasting impression in the minds of the people who watch this movie. All I can say is that it impressed me a great deal and made me think about what the director wanted to say through the movie I have seen a couple of with similar theme but then ...
...This film was made in black and white and had a strong script. The direction was flawless. The main aspect that holds the movie together is the story. The story is very captivating and Speilberg has brought out the essence of the story. The cast had been chosen very carefully. It was as if the characters were tailor made for the chosen cast. The film is based on the true story about Oskar Schindler, a german businessman who manages to save about ... Read review

Advantages: Frightening truth, excellent film.
Disadvantages: Exposes truth some would rather not see.

Spielberg's authentic adaption of Thomas Keneally's Booker Prize winning novel 'Schindler's Arc' is a moving, stark and often distrubing but captivating film which harrowingly details the heroism of Oskar Schindler ( Liam Neeson) a german industrialist whom became dedicated to saving jews from their fate with the nazis.I was touched by the intensity of the film's relentless determinism to portray this horrific and traumatic account of human suffering, ...
...Upon his arrival in Crakow Poland in 1939 he aimed to exploit the cheap and readily available jewish labour from the warsaw ghetto which he did, amongst them the highly regarded jewish book-keeper(Ben Kingsley)However Schindler soon realised the horrors happening within the ghetto and beyond, to the jews and targeted his energies in bribing and paying off the nazis to secure many jews' lives, he eventually bargained his entire fortune for the release ... Read review

Advantages: Standout performances by Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley and Ralph Fiennes; Stunning John Williams sound track.
Disadvantages: Spielberg's mawkishly overwrought, one-dimensional depiction, turns poignant historic subject matter into a pretentious melodrama.

Schindler's List... Starring "Police Chief, Martin Brody" as Oscar Schindler; "Marine Biologist, Matt Hooper" as Itzhak Stern and "Jaws" (the shark) making a dramatic comeback as the stereotypically sadistic Nazi laborcamp commandante, Amon Goeth. Plot Details: This opinion reveals minor details about the movie's plot. I. INTRODUCTION & PLOT SUMMARY A. Introduction: This review begins with a somewhat dry, but straightforward synopsis of the movie's ...
...businessman and Nazi sympathizer, Oskar Schindler's personal transformation from a womanizing, materialistic playboy into a selfless, dedicated and philanthropic hero. Schindler, (Liam Neeson) a German businessman in 1938 Poland, sees the Nazis' rise to power as his opportunity to make a fortune. He begins a cookware and utensil company, and applies his natural skills as a social shmoozer and a conman to flatter and bribe his way into acquiring a ... Read review