In the 1940's the world is at war again. This time it's fueled by the hatred of Hitler. He has many goals on what a new world looks like to him but the most infamous was he wanted to rid the world of an entire culture. Millions died during the Holocaust but this is a story about how a thousand of them lived. Oskar Schindler is a German man who is trying to make money during the war. He starts building weapons for the German Army. In order to be more cost efficient he hires Jewish workers. Nearby, a concentration camp is being built. When it's finished the order goes out that the Jews in the area near Schindler's Factory are to be transferred to the camp. This was not a peaceful order. A massacre by the German's starts to take place as witnessed by Schindler. It is in these moments that Schindler sees what the world is really coming to and is forever changed by it. He decides that making money is not nearly as important as saving the lives on the Jews he has in his factory. He spends the rest of the war, and almost the rest of his fortune, into bribing and convincing the German soldiers that his Jews are important to the war cause and that they should not be sent to the camps. In 1945 the Germans surrender and Schindler has run out of money. In order to keep his cover over the years Schindler became a member of the Nazi Party to protect his workers and keep in good standing with the officers. Now because of this he is being hunted down by the Red Army. He plans on running and surrendering to the Americans. The Jewish workers know that he saved their lives so they band together to try and save his. They gave Schindler a signed statement saying what he did in order to save them through the war.
Stephen Spielberg was the why this film was so great. When he was approached by the story knew it had to be made. However, he was wide enough to know that he may not be the right person to make this film, fearing the he might not be mature enough. After much consideration of other directors he finally did decide that he wanted to do the film. He wanted to do the story justice. He wanted to really show what it was like. Many of the choices he made in this film were to show how awful this time in the human race really was. Once of the choices he made was to not make the film in color because he didn't want to "beautify events" of the Holocaust. He also considered on doing the whole film in a mix of Polish and German but then realized that having to spend so much time reading the material would take away from the story as a whole. Spielberg knew how badly this story needed to be brought to life. He decided that he would not take payment for this film as he would consider it to be "blood money". Spielberg and Universal more than deserved to take home Best Picture that year. The other nominees were: Warner Brothers' The Fugitive, Miramax's The Piano, Columbia's The Remains of the Day, and Universal's own In the Name of the Father.
This film.... what can I saw about this film? This film has so much meaning in it that it's one where everyone needs to see once in their life. I true realistic glimpse in Germany during World War II. It really captures all the different feelings and events that were going on around them. It really captures the fear of not know if you will still even have a story to tell the next day. It shows the courage on helping others and many people were scared to help. This is one of those films that has so much meaning that giving it an award for Best Picture does not nearly begin to show justice for what it means. It deserves to be seen by all and not one person less than that.
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