Self-Crafted Memories by https://padlet.com/lucasalzate4/gr1v8tr6n_2 Maybe it's time we try something new en-us 2019-04-04 01:26:21 UTC 2025-11-24 08:21:19 UTC hello@padlet.com Schindler's List lucasalzate4 https://padlet.com/lucasalzate4/gr1v8tr6n_2/wish/348372919 Based on a true story, Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List stars Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler, a German businessman in Poland who sees an opportunity to make money from the Nazis' rise to power. He starts a company to make cookware and utensils, using flattery and bribes to win military contracts, and brings in accountant and financier Itzhak Stern (Ben Kingsley) to help run the factory. By staffing his plant wit
h Jews who've been herded into Krakow's ghetto by Nazi troops, Schindler has a dependable unpaid labor force. For Stern, a job in a war-related plant could mean survival for himself and the other Jews working for Schindler. However, in 1942, all of Krakow's Jews are assigned to the Plaszow Forced Labor Camp, overseen by Commandant Amon Goeth (Ralph Fiennes), an embittered alcoholic who occasionally shoots prisoners from his balcony. Schindler arranges to continue using Polish Jews in his plant, but, as he sees what is happening to his employees, he begins to develop a conscience. He realizes that his factory (now refitted to manufacture ammunition) is the only thing preventing his staff from being shipped to the death camps. Soon Schindler demands more workers and starts bribing Nazi leaders to keep Jews on his employee lists and out of the camps. By the time Germany falls to the allies, Schindler has lost his entire fortune -- and saved 1,100 people from likely death.
-Mark Deming, Rovi (Rotten Tomatoes)
  • Rating: R
  • Genre: Drama
  • Directed By: Steven Spielberg
  • Written By: Steven Zaillian
  • In Theaters: Dec 15, 1993 Wide
  • On Disc/Streaming: Mar 9, 2004
  • Runtime: 196 minutes
  • Studio: Universal Pictures

]]> 2019-04-04 05:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lucasalzate4/gr1v8tr6n_2/wish/348372919 A beautifully designed soundtrack lucasalzate4 https://padlet.com/lucasalzate4/gr1v8tr6n_2/wish/348789361 Famous multiple Academy Award winner John Williams composed the main soundtrack for the film. Additionally, virtuoso violinist Itzhak Perlman recorded the main theme for the film.

Regarding the making of the soundtrack, Perlman said:

Perlman: "I couldn't believe how authentic he [John Williams] got everything to sound, and I said, 'John, where did it come from?' and he said, 'Well I had some practice with Fiddler on the Roof and so on, and everything just came very naturally' and that's the way it sounds."

Interviewer: "When you were first approached to play for Schindler's List, did you give it a second thought, did you agree at once, or did you say 'I'm not sure I want to play for movie music'?

Perlman: "No, that never occurred to me, because in that particular case the subject of the movie was so important to me, and I felt that I could contribute simply by just knowing the history, and feeling the history, and indirectly actually being a victim of that history."
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]]> 2019-04-05 03:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lucasalzate4/gr1v8tr6n_2/wish/348789361 A review on Schindler's List lucasalzate4 https://padlet.com/lucasalzate4/gr1v8tr6n_2/wish/348797635 With a dramatic and profound color and very full of symbolism and references, Schindler's List made its place as one of the best movies of all time. Having a magistral director at it's peak, a wonderful soundtrack and an outstanding cinematography  this movie is what you can call a masterpiece.

One of the aspects that i regard the most about the movie is its perfect way to combine drama with psychological terror and just the right dose of humor in order to engage the audience on a loop of emotions that leaves them captivated.
This mixture of emotions is driven by mainly the protagonist Oskar Schindler, who almost all the time keeps a rather uplifting mood considering all the horrors that happen around him.

Also, is really important to acknowledge the social critic that director Spielberg does during various moments of the film:
1. The girl on the red coat: Perhaps the most recognizable feature of the entire film. Spielberg thought that it would be a good idea to portray a little girl on a notorious red coat being ignored and later killed during the black-and-white-filmed movie. This was used as a symbol for the vile way on which the highest ranks of the Allied forces were aware of the holocaust and deliberately decided to ignore it during most of the war.
"It was as obvious as a little girl wearing a red coat, walking down the street, and yet nothing was done to bomb the German rail lines. Nothing was being done to slow down ... the annihilation of European Jewry. So that was my message in letting that scene be in color." (Steven Spielberg: A Retrospective)

2. Constant references to the Jewish culture: Spilberg wanted to portray a documentary-style film on which the Jewish culture was exaltatated. Knowing that, its usual to see from the very beginning of the film constant references to Jewish festivities such as the Menurah chandelier.


As of it, these two aspects were my favorites throughout the movie. Nevertheless, I think they could have done a better work with the special effects, especially at the times when people were being shot and the landscapes of some military scenes that weren't looking so real to me.

Regardless of that, it is still one of the best movies I have ever seen in a long time. For me it's the perfect storm: well defined characters, an interesting story, historical accuracy and a whole lot of drama and social criticism.
-Luks

]]> 2019-04-05 04:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lucasalzate4/gr1v8tr6n_2/wish/348797635 Facts: Schindler's List lucasalzate4 https://padlet.com/lucasalzate4/gr1v8tr6n_2/wish/348799063 1. Ralph Fiennes put on 13kg by drinking Guinness for his role of Amon Goeth. Steven Spielberg cast him because of his “evil sexuality.”

2. Steven Spielberg was not paid for this film. He refused to accept a salary, citing that it would be “blood money.” Instead, he gave the money to the Shoah Foundation.

3. When survivor Mila Pfefferberg was introduced to Ralph Fiennes on the set, she began shaking uncontrollably, as he reminded her too much of the real Amon Goeth.

4. Steven Spielberg offered the job of director to Roman Polanski. Polanski turned it down because the subject was too personal. He had lived in the Krakow ghetto until the age of 8, when he escaped on the day of the liquidation. His mother later died at the Auschwitz concentration camp. After learning this, Spielberg immediately and repeatedly apologized for bringing up such a traumatic memory. Polanski would later direct his own film about the Holocaust, The Pianist (2002).

5. Director Steven Spielberg was able to get permission to film inside Auschwitz, but chose not to out of respect for the victims, so the scenes of the death camp were actually filmed outside the gates on a set constructed in a mirror image of the real location on the other side.

6. When Steven Spielberg first showed John Williams a cut of the film, Williams was so moved he had to take a walk outside for several minutes to collect himself. Upon his return, Williams told Spielberg he deserved a better composer. Spielberg replied, “I know, but they’re all dead.”

7. To gather costumes for 20,000 extras, the costume designer took out advertisements seeking clothes. As economic conditions were poor in Poland, many people were eager to sell clothing they still owned from the 1930s and ’40s.

8. The original missing list of Schindler’s Jews was found in a suitcase together with his written legacy hidden in the attic of Schindler’s flat in Hildesheim in 1999. Oskar Schindler stayed there during the last few months before his death in 1974.

9. Steven Spielberg’s resolve to make the film became complete when studio executives asked him why he didn’t simply make a donation of some sort rather than wasting everyone’s time and money on a depressing film.

10. Steven Spielberg refuses to autograph any materials related to this film.


Source: https://www.kickassfacts.com/25-interesting-facts-about-schindlers-list-1993/

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