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Schindler’s List is one of the most emotionally powerful and deeply affecting films I’ve ever seen. Ever since I first watched it nearly four years ago, it has stayed in my consciousness ever since. It is truly one of the most important films ever made.
The film is both beautiful and harrowing as it depicts both the best and worst aspects of human nature - monstrous mass murder and genocide (represented by Amon Goeth and the Nazis), and altruistic saving of lives (represented by Oskar Schindler and Itzhak Stern). The film is also extremely important as it, along with “Shoah”, helped preserve the memory of the Holocaust and the unspeakable horrors and evils that occurred in the public consciousness and pages of history. Through films like these, we will never forget what happened, and we must watch films such as these as a stark reminder as to what we can never allow to ever happen again.
The film is deeply and emotionally affecting as it depicts the harrowing atrocities committed against the Jewish people during this horrific time period, and the monstrous evil of men such as Amon Goeth (played chillingly by Ralph Fiennes) as they sadistically revel in the torment and suffering they impose over their victims, but also the beautiful and courageous strength and humanity of men such as Oskar Schindler (played by Liam Neeson in one of cinema’s all-time greatest redemption arcs), and his Jewish assistant Itzhak Stern (played subtly and compassionately by Ben Kingsley) as they risk everything to save as many innocent people as possible from certain death at the hands of the Nazi regime.
This film is perhaps the definitive portrayal of both good and evil in cinema, showing the endless extent of both. Fiennes’ performance as Goeth in particular stands out as perhaps the most evil and despicable character in the history of cinema (based horrifyingly on a real person who was even worse in real-life than depicted in the film) as he sadistically murders innocent Jews and torments his prisoners without any ounce of sympathy or remorse. Fiennes’ performance stood out in my head long after watching the film, and how he did not win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor that year is a complete and total mystery to me.
This is perhaps the most emotionally powerful film I’ve ever seen with its depictions of good and evil, and the redemptive story of one man who started off as a greedy and devilish war profiteer, but then used his wealth and resources to save as many lives as possible after being exposed first-hand to the horrors of the Holocaust. This film fully deserves its well-earned status as one of the greatest and most important films ever made. Its historical significance is undeniable, and because of that, “Schindler’s List” is one of my favourite films of all time for very good reason.
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