Re: Schindler's List

[Helie Rock <rock@HAWAII.EDU>]

I agree completely with Dianne--I couldn't have said it better.  I've been
wondering what all the fuss about nudity and violence was about in
Schindler's List: when I watched it, there were so many scenes that made
such a huge impression on me, I hardly noticed any objectionable scenes.
The only "objectionable" part to me was that human beings could get away
with so completely degrading other human beings, and so many people
ignored it.

On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Dianne L Parham wrote:

> We were also exposed to a very sanitized and prettified version of
> history.  Nothing in SCHINDLER'S LIST came close to the horrors of the
> reality.  We have young people who think the holocaust didn't happen and
> if it did, it was no big thing.  Those young people will be our future
> leaders...do we want them thinking that killing people is easy (they all
> ready think that) and that there is no consequence of murdering people?
> Do not make my viewing choices for me.  SCHINDLER'S LIST was powerful and
> sad and ultimately a tribute to the stubborn human will to live.  And it is
> hard to watch....and it should be hard to watch.  And I feel sorry for
> those of you who only noticed the nudity of the body when it was the
> baring of the human soul that was important and was the message.
> Don't watch if you think not watching will change history.  That is
> your choice.  Not mine.  Dianne Parham, San Diego Public Library
>
> On Thu, 6 Mar 1997, Maurita Buhl wrote:
>
> >   I seem to remember growing up in the 50's and being aware of and educated
> > about the Holocaust without being exposed to nudity or graphic violence.  It
> > is time we recognized that getting the point across does not mean leaving
> > little to our imagination.
> >
>