SCHINDLERS LIST

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SCHINDLERS LIST

• THE ETHICAL DIMESNION OF ART AND ENTERTAINMENT

by Rositza Jivkova
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• Director Steven Spielberg
• Writers Thomas Keneally
• Release Year 1993
• Genre Drama/History/War
• Awards 7 Academy Awards
• Rated R for graphics scenes of murder and
  violence, sexual scenes and nudity

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• Title Schindlers Ark
• Author Thomas Keneally
• Release Year 1982
• Summary an actual account of Schindlers deeds
  during the Holocaust from one of the
  survivors from Krakow, Poland.

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• I think the main reason I wanted to make this
  movie was as an act of remembrance for the public
  recordit may be the kind of movie shown shown
  one day in high schools. I also wanted to leave
  this story for my children
• -- Steven Spielberg

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Oscar Schindler

• Actor Liam Neeson
• Character self-assured, influential,
  charismatic and ambitious man settled on gaining
  wealth during the war.

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Itzhak Stern

• Actor Ben Kingsley
• Character an intelligent Jewish accountant
  who never loses his pride in the face of the
  violent and dehumanizing conditions the Jews
  face.

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Amon Goeth

• Actor Ralph Fiennes
• Charactera Nazi officer in charge of building
  the camp in Plaszów representative symbol of
  the evil in the war and the pure hatred felt from
  the Nazis

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Controversies and Ethical Dilemmas of Schindlers
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• Are such historical events not to be
• subjected to entertainment programming or
• is their remembrance the main factor that
• has to play a role? And is this the right way
• to engage the public in a discussion ?

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• A movie is generally more realistic than a book
  because of the visual interpretation. How this
  affects the survived victims and their families?
  And is the message of the movie enough to speak
  for all of the victims of the Holocaust?

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• What is the role of entertainment programming
  in that how a culture remembers and reconstructs
  its own history?

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• QUESTIONS?

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• THANK YOU
• FOR
• YOUR ATTENTION!