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...movie's narration begins, "A story like mine should never be told," and on screen it almost wasn't. Not long after the book became a sensation, Steven Spielberg signed on to direct; five years and many scripts later, he bowed out while staying on as a producer. Lucy Fisher, a producer, jokes that her next choice was David Lean, "but he wasn't available," having died in 1991. Other directors expressed interest, but none stuck. Then, in 2002, Fisher and her producing partner Douglas Wick saw Chicago and figured they had their man. "Geishas are trained much like dancers...
...Spielberg doesn't question the choice of Marshall either. "When I saw Rob's version of Geisha," he says, "I realized that he was a much better choice than me. I like that it was like Kabuki theater. The pauses, the looks of the characters, were all little moments of directorial authorship. The close-ups of the hands in pouring the tea. The shots of the geishas' kimono trains wriggling like the tail of a fish through a stream. Rob took the liquid metaphor of the water in Sayuri's eyes and created a river of images. It seemed...
...million died?'' this simple question was asked by the woman sitting behind me at a screening of Schindler's List ((Holocaust, Dec. 13)). In these words lies the reason Steven Spielberg's brilliant film is so very important. Americans are ignorant about the Holocaust, and ignorance leads to denial. I hope Spielberg's film will enable them to view the horrors of the Holocaust almost as if they were experiencing them firsthand. Spielberg is a genius who has made history. Now he is helping preserve...
Unfortunately, according to a survey by this organization, nearly 40% of American youth do not know what the Holocaust was. A majority cannot correctly answer even one of four simple, basic questions about it. One can only hope Spielberg's film kindles interest in educating our children about the worst crime in modern history. Other recent surveys by the American Jewish Committee show that one-third of the American people find it ''possible'' the Holocaust never took place. Our surveys in France and Britain, by contrast, show that such potential ''Holocaust deniers'' make up only 6% of the French population...
...Spielberg has brought humor, tears, joy, pain, love and every other conceivable emotion to audiences all over the world, and he has sent a message along with his entertainment. Schindler's List speaks for itself as superb moviemaking...