I think that the little girl in red was Spielberg's representation of innocence and love lost in the hail of gunfire. Simply put, it represents the needlessness of everything accumulating in all aspects of war. It's just pointless to wage war against other people.
Hell, your right. I was mostly thinking about the bad and was forgetting about the positive message. I just ordered the artist edition after more thought, and I bet I'm going to end up finding it more uplifting than sad. Besides, the way the world is going, books of this nature may be banned, burned, and challenged. I'll do my part like the book people in the end of Fahrenheit 451.
That's a powerful story, Jeff. Thank you for sharing it with us. ♥ My grandfather was a pilot in WWII, he flew transport planes in Europe, shuttling troops and materiel.
They were amazing men and they survived the unthinkable. Makes today's society even more insufferable. If you were born in the US after 1970, you grew up with an incredible expectation of safety. That is quickly deteriorating.
I went back and forth many times on this title simply because I've had enough of the sadness from WWII. I gave away my DVD of Saving Private Ryan after watching it a few times, along with my other WWII films. Every film was beautifully done to show the reality of the war, but I would get depressed and feel sick afterwards. That's the point, right? The atrocities commited and the death should sicken you to the hatred and destruction that happened and could happen again if we forget the past. Jeff, you are making me reconsidering ordering it, but like you I have to make limited purchases, and I don’t want that same negativity I would get from those films. I tell myself I'm never going to read 1984 again, but I do read it every few years because I'm drawn to it even though I end up disgusted reading about Winston's defeat every time. I love fictional horror, but I've felt the hands of non-fiction horror constricting my heart when I've read it in the past. Maybe I should still pick it up, and possibly be completely wrong about the entire book being depressing. We should try to not make assumptions about books based on their topics and contents. There may be an uplifting message buried in there somewhere.
Yes, the uplifting message is that when the government told Schindler to hand over the jews he protected them. He defied a tyrannical government. After the pandemic, I'm depressed to know how few Schindler's we have today.
I think that the little girl in red was Spielberg's representation of innocence and love lost in the hail of gunfire. Simply put, it represents the needlessness of everything accumulating in all aspects of war.
It's just pointless to wage war against other people.
Very well said. People don't wage war, governments do.
Hell, your right. I was mostly thinking about the bad and was forgetting about the positive message. I just ordered the artist edition after more thought, and I bet I'm going to end up finding it more uplifting than sad. Besides, the way the world is going, books of this nature may be banned, burned, and challenged. I'll do my part like the book people in the end of Fahrenheit 451.
Yes. It's always a good idea to err on the side of persistence.
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That's a powerful story, Jeff. Thank you for sharing it with us. ♥
My grandfather was a pilot in WWII, he flew transport planes in Europe, shuttling troops and materiel.
They were amazing men and they survived the unthinkable. Makes today's society even more insufferable. If you were born in the US after 1970, you grew up with an incredible expectation of safety. That is quickly deteriorating.
Two Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!!!! I just got one on ebay. my first Suntup.
Congratulations! I love that edition so much.
I went back and forth many times on this title simply because I've had enough of the sadness from WWII. I gave away my DVD of Saving Private Ryan after watching it a few times, along with my other WWII films. Every film was beautifully done to show the reality of the war, but I would get depressed and feel sick afterwards. That's the point, right? The atrocities commited and the death should sicken you to the hatred and destruction that happened and could happen again if we forget the past.
Jeff, you are making me reconsidering ordering it, but like you I have to make limited purchases, and I don’t want that same negativity I would get from those films. I tell myself I'm never going to read 1984 again, but I do read it every few years because I'm drawn to it even though I end up disgusted reading about Winston's defeat every time.
I love fictional horror, but I've felt the hands of non-fiction horror constricting my heart when I've read it in the past.
Maybe I should still pick it up, and possibly be completely wrong about the entire book being depressing.
We should try to not make assumptions about books based on their topics and contents. There may be an uplifting message buried in there somewhere.
Yes, the uplifting message is that when the government told Schindler to hand over the jews he protected them. He defied a tyrannical government. After the pandemic, I'm depressed to know how few Schindler's we have today.
The little girl in the red dress represents the most nauseating gut-punch in cinema ever 😢
I looked it up and yeah it's a brutal pivotal point.