Black Book blu-ray

Posted by Jazz Inmate (A) on October 12, 2007 at 10:37:48

I was told I would like this film, so when it came out on Blu-ray I decided to check it out. By the end I was wondering why anyone in their right mind, out of the millions of worthwhile stories from the Holocaust worth telling, would have chosen to tell this one. People who like this film seem to think it shows that good and bad people are on "both sides" because the film seems to portray a "good" nazi commander and a "bad" resistance fighter. But one "side" was a basically a defenseless population integrated in European society. The other "side" was the nazi war machine and collaborators throughout Europe that actively participated in genocide. So why anyone would want to focus on "good and bad people on both sides" is beyond me. Frankly, the nazi commander in the story was not good. He was just seduced by a Jewish lady who he decided to not murder and allowed himself to be influenced by her. Is that "good"? Compared to what? The average nazi? I don't see what's so good about it.

I also did not appreciate that Rachel, the main character, seemed to be very loose with her morals, right from the start (let alone later on, when she agrees to sleep with the nazi commander). This portrayal strengthens stereotypes that Jewish girls are easy. I also did not appreciate that the film focused exclusively on the plight of wealthy Jews which strengthens the stereotype that Jews are rich. Yet the manner in which this very sensitive subject manner is brazenly addressed in the film, with zero sensitivity and in-your-face portrayal I found in very bad taste. My greatest fear is that people who don't know what really happened in the holocaust will watch films like this and come away with many wrong ideas and horrible misconceptions. Verhoeven had a great responsibility in taking on this subject matter and he did not live up to that responsiblity.

I can see that for what it was, Black Book was well done and produced well. But what it was should never have been made.
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