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Schindler's List did more than earn Spielberg some long-overdue respect as a serious filmmaker. It spurred him to create the Shoah Visual History Foundation, through which survivors of the Nazi Holocaust bear witness to the ordeals they suffered, the families they lost, the ideals they held high. He continues that good effort in this DVD's extras, particularly a 77-min. documentary, Michael Mayhew's Voices from the List, which assembles recollections of the Schindlerjuden and others who outlived the Nazi madness...
Nevertheless, Gibson eventually succeeds in overwhelming his audience with the kind of potent visual poignancy unseen in his previous directorial work. In one remarkable shot, the camera takes an overhead God’s-eye view of the crucifixion site, underpinning the magnitude of the event by exhibiting the individuals’ relative irrelevance. Furthermore, every aspect of the persecution becomes a multi-sensory experience, as each lashing is accompanied by a vivid shower of crimson and unnerving sound effects. At one point, a Roman soldier flagellates Christ with a whip of broken metal tips, the shards embedded and then...
...unassuming, uni-browed visage, his immobile facial features accentuating the authority of his compassionate words. His crucifixion and subsequent resurrection are terse and understated, barely even serving their proper roles as climax and denouement to the film. In this Gospel, Christ is less a man than a visual summation of his words...
Nevertheless, Gibson eventually succeeds in overwhelming his audience with the kind of potent visual poignancy unseen in his previous directorial work. In one remarkable shot, the camera takes an overhead God’s-eye view of the crucifixion site, underpinning the magnitude of the event by exhibiting the individuals’ relative irrelevance. Furthermore, every aspect of the persecution becomes a multi-sensory experience, as each lashing is accompanied by a vivid shower of crimson and unnerving sound effects. At one point, a Roman soldier flagellates Christ with a whip of broken metal tips, the shards embedded and then...
This year’s annual Vac BOS display marks the 40th anniversary of the student-curated exhibition on the architect Le Corbusier. This event also commemorates 40 years of great shows for the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. This showing will feature a lecture by Francesco Passanti on March 11. There will be a reception following the 6 p.m lecture. Runs March 11-18. Carpenter Center...