Premiered November 30, 1993 in Washington DC
Budget $25 Million
Gross $321 Million
The 70s and 80s both had films that were in your face and shocking. The Deer Hunter and Platoon were movies that still haunt us with the terrors that come with war. However, those movies still had a goal of being entertaining. I don't think that Steven Spielberg wanted to make a movie that had entertainment value. He wanted to make a movie to communicate the horrific tragedy that the Holocaust was. Spielberg showed his genius in this movie. The movie is hard to watch and yet spellbinding. It is a very complete film that tells a single story and yet communicates the breadth of the Holocaust.
It is a movie that cannot be compared to the other Oscar winners. On one hand, it is greatest film that we have seen so far and on the other hand, it does not even make the list. It is a movie that leaves you numb for days.
Callie
Favorite: I liked seeing the Holocaust in a different light and I liked seeing the real people at the end.
Least Favorite: I had no least favorite.
Joel
Favorite: I loved that it was in Black and White. I also liked the use of color with the girl in the red coat showing Schindler's change in the way he viewed the Jews.
Least Favorite: Nothing. It was amazing.
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