When I was 12, I saw it in a cinema in Paducah, Kentucky, in December of 1993. My dad and I went to a screening about an hour before midnight. I can still remember it all so well, and how indescribable it was to behold. When it ended, I felt completely drained of emotions. Nobody applauded, nobody said a word. The entire room watched the credits in silence. When we all ushered out of the cinema, it was almost 2 in the morning, and a beautiful snowfall was blanketing the parking lot in pristine virgin snow. The serene beauty of that moment juxtaposed the hell -- and humanity -- we had just witnessed. It was something I will never, ever forget. I don't think any cinema-going experience, before or since, has had such a profound impact on me like this film. Thanks for bringing back those wonderful memories with your review. 🌨
I think there is a bit of Spielberg's fairy tale in this film, the german camp in the film is a bit like a gloomy dungeon of an evil wizard, or the castle of the witch from the land of Oz. It seems to me that the nightmare of german crimes is better presented in the film "The Last Stage" by Wanda Jakubowska, who was herself a prisoner of a german camp.
My best picture winner is the French Connection, so I'm old. My regards for Schindler's List is incredibly high. I think it is a tremendous film, although very hard to watch. It stays with you and I think that is what Speilberg meant to have happen.
Schindler's List changed what films could be for me. I had felt emotions from films before, but nothing like this. It was haunting for several days afterward.
As you said, so beautifully framed, shot, edited, and produced, and acted. Definitely worthy of its Best Picture even if it is difficult to watch. If it were more accurate in its violence, it would have been completely unwatchable - reality is harder to live than cinema is to see.
This was also a few years before Spielberg fell in love with that weird, desaturated, Vaseline-smeared movie look he used in Saving Private Ryan, AI, Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones 4. Which I'm not really a big fan of. In fact, the Crystal Skull re-release from a few years back heavily modified the colour palette to get rid of the Vaseline, so to speak.
When I was 12, I saw it in a cinema in Paducah, Kentucky, in December of 1993. My dad and I went to a screening about an hour before midnight. I can still remember it all so well, and how indescribable it was to behold. When it ended, I felt completely drained of emotions. Nobody applauded, nobody said a word. The entire room watched the credits in silence. When we all ushered out of the cinema, it was almost 2 in the morning, and a beautiful snowfall was blanketing the parking lot in pristine virgin snow. The serene beauty of that moment juxtaposed the hell -- and humanity -- we had just witnessed. It was something I will never, ever forget. I don't think any cinema-going experience, before or since, has had such a profound impact on me like this film. Thanks for bringing back those wonderful memories with your review. 🌨
I was born the year The Silence of the Lambs won. 🙂
I was born the year Dances with Wolves won the Best Picture award. Thank you! :)
My Best Picture winner is Return of the King. Couldn't have asked for anything better!
I think there is a bit of Spielberg's fairy tale in this film, the german camp in the film is a bit like a gloomy dungeon of an evil wizard, or the castle of the witch from the land of Oz. It seems to me that the nightmare of german crimes is better presented in the film "The Last Stage" by Wanda Jakubowska, who was herself a prisoner of a german camp.
The last emperor which I saw recently and actually thought it was pretty good
My Best Picture winner is Titanic
My best picture winner is the French Connection, so I'm old. My regards for Schindler's List is incredibly high. I think it is a tremendous film, although very hard to watch. It stays with you and I think that is what Speilberg meant to have happen.
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My best picture winnee was The English Patient (1996), haven't seen it yet, just not that much into romantic dramas.
Chariots of Fire year here.
I watched this movie many years ago. At the time I appreciated the acting, story, history and production values, but did struggle to watch it.
To begin, the Best Picture of my birth-year is "Patton" in 1970.
Schindler's List changed what films could be for me. I had felt emotions from films before, but nothing like this. It was haunting for several days afterward.
As you said, so beautifully framed, shot, edited, and produced, and acted. Definitely worthy of its Best Picture even if it is difficult to watch. If it were more accurate in its violence, it would have been completely unwatchable - reality is harder to live than cinema is to see.
This was also a few years before Spielberg fell in love with that weird, desaturated, Vaseline-smeared movie look he used in Saving Private Ryan, AI, Minority Report, Catch Me If You Can, War of the Worlds and Indiana Jones 4. Which I'm not really a big fan of. In fact, the Crystal Skull re-release from a few years back heavily modified the colour palette to get rid of the Vaseline, so to speak.