Review of Schindler's List (1993) by Strykr316 — 27 Mar 2012
The black and white was used to eliminate any trace of glamour that critics could potentially accuse Spielberg of showing in his '93 masterpiece. Something as awful as the Jewish Holocaust doesn't need glamour; nay, it needs not to have glamour.
The film shows a unique telling of one of the darkest chapters in human history; from the enemy's point of view: in that, it shows that everyone has a limit, including Nazi Profiteer Oskar Schindler. The only color in the film is the red coat that the protagonist sees for only two brief moments in the film, and so appropriate was the one color choice to be blood red; a coat on an innocent girl, whom everyone is ignoring, just like a blood stain ignored (or insufficiently acknowledged) on human history.
Brilliant work overall, and one of my favorite pieces of art.
This review of Schindler's List (1993) was written by Strykr316 on 27 Mar 2012.
Schindler's List has generally received very positive reviews.
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