why is shindlers list (a holocaust movie) in black and white?
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Because everything looks better in black and white.\n\nActually, Spielberg said in an interview that he made it in B&W to make it more powerful during and especially at the end when the one bit of color comes on the screen.  I know that I cried like a little girl at the end.
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I love the movie crash, the subject of racism in america was so powerful in this film.It will be one of those film that kids will be watching in history class from years to come.
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It was shot in aspect ratio of 1.33:1\n\nThis ratio does not allow for the full 16x9 aspect of most tvs and anything else would not allow for the full beauty of the film.  A widescreen theatrical release of 1967 failed and the most recent re-release in 1998 brought it back to it's full potential.\n\nBelieve or not my name is Tara and, no, I'm not named after the movie, but it is one of my all time favorite films.
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I was horse mad when I was growing up. I watched this movie so many times. Maybe you can settle something for me, I caught the tail end of the movie on cable a couple of months ago and I was surprised to find it was in colour. I only remember it being black and white (or maybe we only had a black and white TV when I watched it LOL!)
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The black and white are different colors...the other two come from different countries. You have me on that pesky "why" question though!!!
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yeah thats true.I remember that that movie was supposed to air on T.V in the U.K around the time of 9/11 and they didnt show it because it was similar to what happened.
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I watched it when I was about 10, and I read the book about a year later.  It didn't warp me in any way, and frankly I think it's a good thing for kids to see, same as with Schindler's List.  I'd just be sure to answer any questions they have immediately, and in as unbiased a fashion as possible so that they are able to form their own opinions.\n\nI learned a lot about history, about the origins of racial tensions.  Well worth the reading, and even the re-reading.
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Hi!  I love old movies, especially the black and white ones.  This site is a really good one, they have all sorts, both good and bad, highly rated and B flicks. It also has some old classic cartoons. Its really a treat to see these.  Try it out, I hope you enjoy it!
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Well, I think you have to make a lot of the comparisons yourself, because some people may see things differently. The totalitarian government, especially Chancellor Sutler, have been compared to the current American government and President Bush. Not so much that the government in V for Vendetta is an accurate depiction of what's happening today, but it seems like more of a critique of the way that the administration is running the country and policing the world. With the recent wiring tapping admissions and the war on terror, it seems that many are willing to give up their individual liberties to feel safe. Some would say that the way that the government in the film scared the people into thinking they needed protection from terrorists is the same justification the American government is using to go to war. The ruling government in the film didn't come to power until the outbreak of the virus (that it turned out, the gov did itself). \n\nThere is also the social element. The government of the film persecuted those who were different and spoke out against them. The film especially highlighted the homosexual aspect of this idea. Today, homosexuals are refused the same rights as other citizens, for no other reason than their sexual preference. This has to be a direct critique of the current situation.\n\nTo an extent, people who speak out against the government today are persecuted, although not physically or to the extent shown in the film. Many who criticize the President or the actions that America takes are considered unpatriotic. Most Americans today love America like a 4 yr old love his mommy, without questioning or seeing fault in anything.\n\nThis was my take on the film, but the filmmakers explicitly said that there is no right way to interpret the film. Some view V as a terrorist; others see him as a hero. The film is not a piece of propaganda. \n\nI hope this helps a bit!
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Its all over ebay in widescreen. They may not have made it in full screen. Wide Screen is more desired and better quality.
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yes the film over shadows the palestinian cause. i mean it only shows one side of the story which is the jews side! i mean what happened to the palestinians? dont u think they should have shown their side of the story? because i mean we only know what the media tells us which is propoganda most of the time....
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in all honesty... concentration camps were probably more humane than the hollows of a slave ship en route from the African continent to the US... However, I do think that the Nazis were definately issuing out unprecedented acts of cruelty on the Jews.  Now, I am African American, but I truely think horror is horror, and I don't see 1 being any better than the other.  However, at least the Jews still have a heritage to embrace, while all I have is myself to identify with in a foreign nation to my ancestors.  No no, I wouldn't weigh these horrors against each other... All I can say is, thank goodness I didn't have to endure through either... I'd most assuredly would not have stood either long enough to survive.
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are you referring to the city or the movie? since your question's in the movie category, i assume this is about the movie? the one starring eric bana? This movie attempts to illuminate both sides of Israel's conflict. While the focus is on Israeli actions and choices, Palestinian and Arab motivations are present throughout the work. For me, Speilberg's treatment of both sides was an attempt at balance. Neither side is commended or exaulted for their behavior. Instead, the film attempts to generally question the nature of their decisions and acts. \n\nIf this film does make any stance on Israel and Palestine, it makes a general condemnation of the violence on both sides. Speilberg goes through great lengths to show the cycle of violence - lamenting the perpetual loss of life in violent conflict.\n\nThe film's conclusion extends Speilberg's effort to question violence and its role in human affairs. The protagonist chooses against returning home - he lives in exile. The cycle of violence has taken a toll on him. \n\nI'm unclear in deciding whether the protagonist approves or condemns of his own choices. But I do believe that he realizes that violence is not a future solution. \n\nI think that this was a geniune attempt at thoughtful reflection of the consequences of violent conflict. For a mainstream movie, this had unusual depth. I felt that there was an honest attempt to depict both sides as human beings - with rational, legitmate values and motivations. \n\nI would encourage anyone to see this film. Audiences should try to analyze both the film's perspective and their our own beliefs on the real world content behind the work. Any film that can spark people to pose these serious questions deserves attention.
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I'm a broadcasting major and we recently watched an 80's primetime special called "There Goes The Neighborhood" which addressed this same problem you are talking about. I don't know, but maybe your local library might have a copy of it. It was with Peter Jennings, I believe. \n\nAnyways, basically, what they tried to do in the movie was to put an equal amount of white people and black people on the same street and see how well they got along over a couple years period. It was really interesting to see the results. It started out as a completely white neighborhood and they moved black families in, so viewers got to see reactions of the white families and then see how eventually, their black neighbors became exactly what their white neighborhoods had been to them...friends.\n\nIt was pretty interesting. I wish it weren't the way you say it is, but you are right, that seems to be the trend when people who are "different" move in.
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my grandfather survived the holocaust and i very sure that he isnt lying about it, i can see the number in his arm. \n\nTHE HOLOCAUST   \n\n   \n\nThe Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. "Holocaust" is a word of Greek origin meaning "sacrifice by fire." The Nazis, who came to power in Germany in January 1933, believed that Germans were "racially superior" and that the Jews, deemed "inferior," were "life unworthy of life." During the era of the Holocaust, the Nazis also targeted other groups because of their perceived "racial inferiority": Roma (Gypsies), the handicapped, and some of the Slavic peoples (Poles, Russians, and others). Other groups were persecuted on political and behavioral grounds, among them Communists, Socialists, Jehovah's Witnesses, and homosexuals.\n\nIn 1933, the Jewish population of Europe stood at over nine million. Most European Jews lived in countries that the Third Reich would occupy or influence during World War II. By 1945, close to two out of every three European Jews had been killed as part of the "Final Solution", the Nazi policy to murder the Jews of Europe. Although Jews were the primary victims of Nazi racism, other victims included tens of thousands of Roma (Gypsies). At least 200,000 mentally or physically disabled people were murdered in the Euthanasia Program. As Nazi tyranny spread across Europe, the Nazis persecuted and murdered millions of other people. More than three million Soviet prisoners of war were murdered or died of starvation, disease, neglect, or maltreatment. The Germans targeted the non-Jewish Polish intelligentsia for killing, and deported millions of Polish and Soviet citizens for forced labor in Germany or in occupied Poland. From the earliest years of the Nazi regime, homosexuals and others deemed to be behaving in a socially unacceptable way were persecuted. Thousands of political dissidents (including Communists, Socialists, and trade unionists) and religious dissidents (such as Jehovah's Witnesses) were also targeted. Many of these individuals died as a result of incarceration and maltreatment.\n  \n\n   \n \nThe Holocaust\nSee maps\n\nBefore beginning the war in 1939, the Nazis established concentration camps to imprison Jews, Roma, other victims of ethnic and racial hatred, and political opponents of Nazism. During the war years, the Nazis and their collaborators created ghettos, transit camps, and forced-labor camps. Following the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing units) carried out mass-murder operations against Jews, Roma, and Soviet state and Communist party officials. More than a million Jewish men, women, and children were murdered by these units. Between 1942 and 1944, Nazi Germany deported millions more Jews from the occupied territories to extermination camps, where they murdered them in specially developed killing facilities.\n\nIn the final months of the war, SS guards forced camp inmates on death marches in an attempt to prevent the Allied liberation of large numbers of prisoners. As Allied forces moved across Europe in a series of offensives on Germany, they began to encounter and liberate concentration camp prisoners, many of whom had survived the death marches. World War II ended in Europe with the unconditional surrender of German armed forces in the west on May 7 and in the east on May 9, 1945.
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No.\n\nThe colorization was always there.  It is one of the early color movies, in fact.  What you probably recall is that you could actually see the color in the movie on TV, with the advent of color TV.
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many people were killed in WWII including the Jews.\nbut the story of holocaust was made up by the Jews to pretend they were not safe in Europe and they needed their own homeland.that was the main pretext for invading and occupying palestine,a country that had no role in the war.but let it be said that there are some Jews who oppose occupation of Palestine.