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May 11, 2019iplay2 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
To me this movie is a masterpiece. The main reason for my opinion is that it captures something that is very difficult to understand about the Holocaust. The Holocaust was an enormous phenomenon. If one had heard that the Nazi's murdered a few hundred Jews that idea is in the realm of most people's comprehension and people would immediately be struck by the horror. However the murder of 6 million is almost incomprehensible. Spielberg did something very interesting that I feel helps people bring that to a place that makes it clearer and allows us to understand and evoke greater emotion for 6 million. When he shows the little girl in the red coat during various parts of the movie we can imagine the horror of one little girl even without seeing her individual story. Spielberg continuously shows up scenes where hundreds of people get rounded up by the Nazis and we get a sense of the proportion and the enormity of the operations put in place to exterminate the Jews. He shows vast scenes with hundreds being rounded up and then he brings it back to a few of the individual situations experienced by various victims. and every so often he allows us to see the little unknown child somewhere in the background. I found that very effective in helping people to gain a better perspective. Every production value of this movie rises to the level of artistry rarely seen in motion pictures. I believe this is one of the finest films ever made.