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Amistadhas been inducted by the media into that special cache of films selected for bigger and better things, joining the ranks of another Spielberg film, Schindler's List. The latter was effectively used for a higher purpose, serving as a historical record and as a means injecting emotional resonance into an era taught in textbooks. Amistadmight justifiably be used similarly, although in many ways it is ill-suited for that role. The story of a small group of heroic mutineers absolved by a legal technicality is ineffective as a vehicle to explore the terrible reality of slavery...
Well, that's it. Steven Spielberg gets the Golden Ladle Award. In a desperate attempt to relive the legitimacy and respect seemingly conferred on him after Schindler's List, Spielberg thought he'd wash the bad taste of The Lost World out of his mouth by once again tackling human suffering. In Amistad, the story of a shipful of African slaves and their struggle for freedom, he pulls out all the stops, pouring on the pathos and the pity, spooning on the sympathy and drenching it all in melodrama. Spielberg has apparently decided to stop making films and instead...
...PHRASE] Schindler's slaves...
...CHRISTMAS WISH] Jurassic at the box office, Schindler at the Oscars...
...prosecution witnesses and 1,400 documents were enough for the jury last week to find him guilty. Assistant U.S. Attorney David Schindler called Symington a classic con man, who falsely inflated his net worth when he wanted to borrow and pleaded poverty when he wanted to refinance a loan on more favorable terms. Between 1989 and 1991, for instance, his declared net worth swung between $12 million and minus $23 million...