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| Great Films on 20:44 - Jan 25 with 590 views | kingkenny |
Love Herzog and Kinski. A dream team with a great personal story as well. | | | |
| Great Films on 15:49 - Jan 26 with 536 views | dirk_doone |
I've watched Aguirre, Wrath of God a few times. It is based on real characters, including the mad conquistador, Lope de Aguirre, and actual historical events. Herzog filmed it with a single stolen 35mm camera. Considering that, the cinematography is remarkable.
Last night was the first time I've watched Shoah, Part 1. It's a film you have to steel yourself to watch: 9 hours of interviews with holocaust survivors and witnesses, mostly conducted through interpreters. But, there really is nothing quite like it for bringing home the horror of what happened. The interviews go into such minute, mundane details, but the cumulative effect is devastating.
The 'star', if there can be a star in such a film, is Szymon Srebrnik, one of only 2 survivors from the 400,000 Jews sent to Chelmno death camp. He survived not only the death camp itself but also a bullet through the head intended to kill off any surviving witness, to testify at the trials.
http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/survivor/srebrnik.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szymon_Srebrnik | |
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| Great Films on 16:57 - Jan 26 with 516 views | A1079 |
Totally agree Dirk. It is the 2nd time I have seen it and there is so much to take in. I know the documentary was done when Poland was Communist and under the influence of the old Soviet Union, but you could tell that there remained the underlying prejudices and the lack of empathy with the victims. It is hard work to watch and listen to it, but it did give you a real insight to the various angles.
It doesn't take much for human beings, even supposedly decent ones, to become associates of evil acts. | | | |
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