Schindler's List
When we think of the name Steven Spielberg we instantly think “action packed film”, after all he is the creator of such films as Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Arc. However most movie critics will agree that Spielberg’s most action packed film is one that retells the story of Oskar Schindler. In the movie Schindler’s List Spielberg takes us inside the soul of a man who made a choice, a man who valued humanity more then greed. It is remarkable how man is fascinated with the idea of free will and just what exactly drives us to make the choices we do. The counterpoint between Oskar Schindler's greed and Oskar Schindler's kindness -- the kindness that saved over one thousand Jews from being swallowed up by the Holocaust -- cannot be overemphasized, for greed and kindness are two of the basic, natural factors that motivate human action, and they are fundamentally opposed to each other. The idea that a single human being, compelled by those two forces, would choose to save others while risking his own life, is as uplifting as any other. The fact that we cannot tell when Schindler decided why he should save those lives matters only a little. The fact that he decided at all tells us what we need to know: first he did it becaus
At the center of it all is Oskar Schindler (played by Liam Neeson), a tower of a man with an innate sense of showmanship and an incredible talent for networking and friend-making, two skills that allowed him not only to prosper in Germany during the war but also to become a savior to many without being apprehended (although he came very close on more than one occasion). Erecting an enamelware factory to produce assorted items for the war effort, from kitchenware to hinges to artillery shells, Schindler was like any other businessman, efficiently tapping a reservoir of necessity to make a healthy profit. For example if he saw that a social contact would benefit him, he made that contact. He had a multitude of personality traits focused toward this end: he was not just a drinker, but a skilled social drinker; he was not just a womanizer, but a lover of women and ,he was not just a party animal, but an expert at mingling and finessing and making himself known. He hired a be! It is said that no act of earthly justice not even the vision of Hitler and his minions burning in Hell forever -- can ever make amends for the tragedy. But what can be done is to preserve the memories of what happened and for Hitler's "final solution" to continue to be rejected. The film celebrates those who are, as Holocaust survivors and descendents of survivors (saved by Schindler or not), living acts of defiance, their very existence a cry of rage against the Nazi's attempt to stamp out the Jewish race. Meanwhile, thousands of Hitler'
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