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...president of the U.S. conference of Roman Catholic bishops, thanking May for sending him a newly published collection of the Pontiff's statements on Jews and Judaism. While the letter was ostensibly routine, its language was heartfelt. "Christians approach with fearsome respect the terrifying experience of the extermination, the Shoah, suffered by the Jews during the Second World War," wrote the Pope, "and we seek to grasp its most authentic . . . meaning." He went on, "Before the vivid memory of the extermination . . . it is not permissible for anyone to pass by with indifference...
Copley Place: Copley Plaza, Boston, 266-1300. Shoah: parts 1 & 2: 1:30, 7; Santa Claus: 4:45, 5:15, 7:30, 8, 10, 10:15; Macaroni: 10:30, 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:45, 10; Return: 10, 11:30, 1, 2:30, 4, 5:30, 7, 8:30, 10; Back to the Future: 10:30, 12:45, 3, 5:15, 7:45, 10; Agnes of God: 7:45, 9:45; Bad Medicine...
Using no actual death-camp film, no documentary footage, Shoah (the Hebrew word for "annihilation") is a work of journalistic brilliance. It is difficult if not impossible to convey a sense of the film's achievement, its power and immediacy, in print...
...MEASURE OF knowledge about the Holocaust can prepare you for Shoah. It is not about politics, mortality rates, or economics. It is a cinematic experience of an immediacy and intimacy unparallelled either on film or in print...
...account of the Holocaust, Shoah stands alone. It is one of the greatest films ever made...