Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Film Lesson: "Schindler's List"


Schindler's List clearly illustrated the steps that took place during the Holocaust. From the ghettos to death camps. It also illustrated what it took to survive the holocaust and the circumstances and events that the Jews went through on every step of their journey to survive another day.  Of course the Death Camp of Auschwitz made the biggest impact on me, and it's because its on my countries territory (Poland). Millions of Jews were murdered in Poland especially in that camp. Even that this movie may have more detail than the documentary, but in my opinion documentaries are always a better/more believable source of information than a movie.

Film Lesson: "Night and Fog"


The film Night and Fog is a very powerful picture of the Holocaust. It illustrates what really happened during the Holocaust and proves the steps of it. I think this documentary is a better; more believable and realistic version of picturing what happened from simple blame of Jews for everything bad to death camps and mass extermination of  Jewish people. The hollywood version of it I think is more of an opinion than the reality of what really happened. For facts andevents I'd always pick a documentary over a "Hollywood" version of the event.