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Schindler's List (1993)

Rate: 10
Viewed: 2/04, 1/05, 7/06, 7/11, 3/24

7/06: This is the best picture of the decade.

It's what I saw in books about the Holocaust: Nazi brutality in black and white. Schindler's List is the stark truth of what happened in German-occupied Europe from 1933 to 1945.

When I viewed the film in 1993, I had no idea of Oskar Schindler. What a hero he is. So is his assistant Itzhak Stern. Hence, wonderful performances are rendered by everybody, most especially Ralph Fiennes who's pure evil as Amon Göth.

There are powerful scenes such as the mothers running after their children, the boy looking up from the latrine, and Oskar Schindler's tearful speech at the end about saving more people. And there are equally powerful lines such as:

"It's Hebrew, it's from the Talmud. It says, 'Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire.'"

"That's power, Amon. That is power."

"I could have got more out. I could have got more. I don't know. If I'd just...I could have got more."

"This list...is an absolute good. The list is life."

"In memory of the countless victims among your people, I ask us to observe three minutes of silence."

All in all, Schindler's List is history.

7/11: Without question, Schindler's List is the best film of the decade.

It's impossible for me to get over how good it is.

All in all, Steven Spielberg should be praised for the singular cinematic achievement.

3/24: As important as Schindler's List is, I only wonder why Steven Spielberg couldn't make more movies like it.

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