What is the best film on DVD that deals with the Holocaust?
03-10-04, 12:12 AM
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What is the best film on DVD that deals with the Holocaust?
Although there are better films available that deal with the Holocaust...
What do you think is the best quality film that deals with the Holocaust, on DVD? I loved Schindler's List, as well as The Pianist. I haven't seen many other films that deal with the subject.
So, the floor is yours.
03-10-04, 02:08 AM
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Re: Forget those...
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The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank
03-10-04, 02:44 AM
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for a nice double-shot, I'd sit down and watch a few personal favs...back to back:
The Hiding Place-as true as a true story gets.
Night and Fog-from Criterion. watch this first for a taste of the real thing.
The Hiding Place-as true as a true story gets.
Night and Fog-from Criterion. watch this first for a taste of the real thing.
03-10-04, 02:49 AM
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Although many people won't want to say it, movie snobs ESPECIALLY, I'm gonna go with Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List
Spielberg will probably never ever get the respect he deserves as a filmmaker but even the true snobs will be hard-pressed do find much fault in all of Schindler's three hours.
Spielberg will probably never ever get the respect he deserves as a filmmaker but even the true snobs will be hard-pressed do find much fault in all of Schindler's three hours.
03-10-04, 08:19 AM
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Shoah
03-10-04, 08:21 AM
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This is a documentary, but the NINE AND A HALF HOUR Shoah is considered one of the best films about the Holocaust:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=7898
I also thought Paragraph 175 was excellent too.
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=7898
I also thought Paragraph 175 was excellent too.
03-10-04, 12:14 PM
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Shoah for documentary. It's the definitive, comprehensive look at the history, details and consequences of the Holocaust from people who were there.
The Pianist is IMO a far better film than Schindler's List or any of the other Holocaust dramas, even though some may say it only deals with the Holocaust in a more 'indirect' way.
The Pianist is IMO a far better film than Schindler's List or any of the other Holocaust dramas, even though some may say it only deals with the Holocaust in a more 'indirect' way.
03-10-04, 12:24 PM
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Originally posted by Rivero
Although many people won't want to say it, movie snobs ESPECIALLY, I'm gonna go with Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List
Although many people won't want to say it, movie snobs ESPECIALLY, I'm gonna go with Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List
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03-10-04, 02:39 PM
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World at War Documentary deals with it every effecively.
Episode Titles are "Genocide" and "The Final Solution"
The World at War is a great epic about WWII. I just finished watching it my self.
Episode Titles are "Genocide" and "The Final Solution"
The World at War is a great epic about WWII. I just finished watching it my self.
03-10-04, 05:06 PM
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I would agree with Schindler's List and the Pianist, and i thought the Night and Fog docu, at only 30 minutes, was really the best documentary id seen on the topic.
03-10-04, 06:30 PM
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My choices for the best:
Schindler's List
Sophie's Choice
I agree with almost every other choice I have seen listed in this thread. The only one I can't stand is Life is Beautiful.
The seemingly forgotten 1978 Holocaust miniseries (NBC) was quite good. A few of the actors in the amazing all-star cast were Meryl Streep, James Woods and Ian Holm.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077025/
I want this released on DVD. Very much.
Schindler's List
Sophie's Choice
I agree with almost every other choice I have seen listed in this thread. The only one I can't stand is Life is Beautiful.
The seemingly forgotten 1978 Holocaust miniseries (NBC) was quite good. A few of the actors in the amazing all-star cast were Meryl Streep, James Woods and Ian Holm.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077025/
I want this released on DVD. Very much.