Spielberg and the 6 Million

[davemarc]

At 02:06 PM 6/12/96 -0700, David Casseres wrote:
>
>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.
>
FYI, Alain Resnais made "Night and Fog"--among other films.  As has been
pointed out, a French gendarme was erased from the film to protect the
delicate sensibilities of French viewers.  So even the great "Night and
Fog"--a documentary, not a fictional work like SL--can be said to be
seriously compromised--and perhaps worthy in every other respect.

Marcel Ophuls made "The Sorrow and the Pity" and "Hotel Terminus:  Klaus
Barbie--His Life and Times"--among other films.

Pee-wee Herman starred in the film version of "The Man with No Qualities."

davemarc