In Reply to: Re: Schlinder's List on DVD posted by RGA on March 10, 2004 at 18:25:55:
Schindlers widow, who acted as a consultant for the film, painted a very different picture of the man than the one that was portrayed by Spielbergs direction
The saccharine image that Ralph Fiennes played was a pale shadow of the actual man and a gross inaccuracy
Spielberg should have stuck to the facts and it would not only have made for a better story; but given the seriousness of the subject, accuracy should have been a given and the distortion of those same facts is unforgiveable (the Nazis themselves were masters of distorting facts to suit their agenda)
Spielberg does the same thing again in "Saving Private Ryan", he gets the dry cough of an MG machinegun, the sidevalve V-8 roar of a landing craft and accuracy of uniforms and equipment down frighteningly pat then serves up endless flaky dialog that no WW2 grunt would have ever uttered(!)
Spielberg knows his target audience and is quietly taking a perverse delight at heaping on his own ersatz spin of the ball
He should have stuck with fantasy and fiction rather than historical portrayals that require a less fanciful touch
Upraised middle finger to Mr. Spielberg!
Grins
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Follow Ups
- Spielberg did NOT do his homework - grinagog 19:35:59 03/10/04 (18)
- Re: Spielberg did NOT do his homework - patrickU 04:33:34 03/12/04 (2)
- Ralph Fiennes' depraved death camp commander was "saccharine"? - Rob Doorack 20:53:57 03/10/04 (14)
- Re: Ralph Fiennes' depraved death camp commander was "saccharine"? - Dmitry 21:21:33 03/10/04 (13)
- Umm - RGA 11:51:28 03/11/04 (9)
- Gaz chambers starting in 1944? - patrickU 04:55:26 03/12/04 (7)
- Re: Gaz chambers starting in 1944? - RGA 10:30:42 03/12/04 (6)
- Re: Gaz chambers starting in 1944? - patrickU 10:39:21 03/12/04 (5)
- Re: Gaz chambers starting in 1944? - RGA 10:54:21 03/12/04 (4)
- Re: Gaz chambers starting in 1944? - patrickU 11:02:59 03/12/04 (2)
- Re: Gaz chambers starting in 1944? - Stanislav 20:23:21 03/17/04 (1)
- Re: Gaz chambers starting in 1944? - patrickU 07:12:35 03/18/04 (0)
- Re: Gaz chambers starting in 1944? - patrickU 10:59:42 03/12/04 (0)
- Re: Umm - Dmitry 15:04:49 03/11/04 (0)
- Apologies, Rob, I meant Liam Neeson in that role - grinagog 21:37:15 03/10/04 (2)
- Try actually reading the site you provided closely... - RGA 11:36:53 03/11/04 (0)
- Re: Apologies, Rob, I meant Liam Neeson in that role - Dmitry 21:56:44 03/10/04 (0)