Spielberg and the 6 Million

[Andrew Dinn]

LBernier at tribune.com writes:

>         The only redeeming virtue of Schindler's List--which, afterall,     
>         glorified a businessman who utilized slave labor and soft-pedaled   
>         the horror chambers of Auschwitz--was Y. Perlman's haunting score,  
>         IM--humble--O.

>   So, would it have been better if Schindler had been a flawless man who 
>   chose not to utilize slave labor, and all those people had died?  This is 
>   not a black & white issue.  Do not judge it as such.

Note, Steely is accusing Spielberg (of `glorifying' Schindler), not
Schindler. Kennealy managed not to `glorify' Schindler - and that's
one of the best features of the book, the way it presents his frailty,
his selfishness, the tarnish to his magnanimity. I have not seen the
film (no intention of doing so) but judging by previous output I doubt
SS's version was capable of presenting such subtle and ambivalent
truths. He is indeed no Leni Riefenstahl. Whoever said Nature abhors a
vacuum was clearly unacquainted with SS's oeuvre.


Andrew Dinn
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