Spielberg and the 6 Million

[David Casseres]

>For what it's worth, I think Speilberg did  a service to American 
>education by simply bringing the Holocaust to light.  Yeah, it's big 
>Hollywood, but considering the audience, it's maybe the smartest way to 
>go anymore, in terms of trying to "teach."

I am sure that any teacher who wanted to could arrange a showing of 
"Night and Fog," Marcel Ophuls' direct, non-dramatized documentary.  
Granted, this requires someone to arrange it, whereas "Schindler's List" 
was out there in the theaters with a zillion-dollar promotion campaign 
going for it.  I dunno, maybe it is better that thousands of people with 
no awareness of the Holocaust got some idea, instead of continuing to be 
unaware.  Nevertheless, it is galling that a seriously compromised 
version of the story got all the exposure, instead of the real thing as 
presented by Ophuls.  Frankly, I think it's as if people had no clue 
about World War II and we had to feel grateful to old John Wayne movies 
for "educating" them.

Cheers,
David