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  • http://nevermindpopfilm.blogspot.com/ Colin “Fitz” Biggs

    Great film, definitely a purchase made for blu-ray.

  • http://www.stlcardinalbaseball.com/ Ray DeRousse

    Even better – he released this gem and JURASSIC PARK in the same year. Hell of a 1-2 punch.

  • Mark

    I wouldn’t argue with classifying it as a horror movie. Just thinking about the audio when the mothers run after the trucks carrying the kids is chilling.

  • Bobby Cooper

    In the holocaust genre, and it is a genre, I’ll always prefer the sad-eyed artist surviving by chance and others’ pity over the saintly arms dealer and his grateful workers. Execution is terrific, make no mistake, but the gestalt of it is troubling.

    • DimitriL

      It’s only as troubling as it is in real life. But you know, this quote from 1948 satisfies me as much as anything:

      “A repentant opportunist saw the light and rebelled against the sadism and vile criminality all around him. The inference may be disappointingly simple, especially for all amateur psychoanalysts who would prefer the deeper and more mysterious motive that may, if it is true, still lie unprobed and unappreciated. But an hour with Oskar Schindler encourages belief in the simple answer.”

  • DavidF

    I find watching it now it’s a bit less horrific and I can appreciate the construction of it a bit more. That said, there are certain shots that instantly take me back to watching it in the theatre the first time, like the women in the gas chamber, the doctors coming across the work camp square for their inspection, the SS solider screaming as they dig up and burn the bodies etc.

    Kaminski’s photography is just stunning, Even the simple shots of Schindler gathering his props for his night out at the beginning are beautiful to look at. Neeson, Kingsley and Fiennes are perfect. And as already pointed out, Spielberg arguably produced his greatest commercial and artistic triumphs within months of each other.

    In short, it’s not something a “hack” (past, present or future) could possibly have produced and hopefully enough time has passed we don’t have to listen to the people who think he somehow romanticized the Holocaust etc. anymore.

  • MarkVH

    Great film, no doubt, but I’ll have to admit that I’ve had the DVD of this sitting on my shelf, unwatched, since it was released (ye gods!) nine years ago, along with about 200 other discs. Though I’m sure it looks exquisite on blu, I just can’t see myself re-buying it at this point just to have it collect dust all over again.

  • dryer

    While purchasing this at Best Buy the cashier asked to check my ID because of its R rating. Didn’t realize the fad amongst kids was to watch Schindlers List these days. The cashier was over 30 so there’s really no reasonable excuse outside of ignorance, the title has been part of general pop culture for over 20 years. I wonder how many kids picked up rap or death metal cds that day without any question of age.

    • http://www.twitter.com/danrevill Dan Revill

      I saw someone’s post on Instagram of two Blu-Ray purchases yesterday. One was Wreck-it-Ralph and the other Schindler’s List. The user said, “Which should I watch first?”
      I replied that, “Schindler’s List isn’t something one watches just because it’s there.” Then again, maybe kids watch things differently. I’ve only watched it a couple of times in my life, and want to pick up the Blu-Ray. Not sure if I’m ready for the emotional toll it inflicts on me though. Of course maybe the kid had it right. Just watch it as you would anything else.

      • joeybot

        I remember going to see it and getting a huge bag of popcorn, because you could refill it. And people were like “You’re eating popcorn during SCHINDLER’S LIST??”

        Actually, I ate two of them.

  • MisterQuigley

    “This is the best drink of water after the longest drought in my life” = total douchebag.

    Seriously, whenever the Spielberg backlash rears it’s head, I think people are just piling on, that he’s a nice guy and a brilliant artist. And then I hear him speak…

    Team Wells

  • chien_clean

    Love SL but watching it these days you see the mecanism of Spielberg’s tear jerker tendencies all over the flick.

  • http://www.facebook.com/SumoPop David E Phillips

    A work of genius until that fucking “this pen” scene.

  • moviewatcher

    Schindler’s List… what a masterpiece. I echo everyone who came before me on Kaminski’s cinematography. Just absolutely breathtaking…

  • http://twitter.com/jasctt Jason T.

    Remember seeing it in the theater and this woman behind me kept like moaning every time something horrific happened. So annoying. Like she had no idea what the fucking thing was about. Dolt.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=26725708 Kel Doucette

    Brilliant movie! Spielberg’s best~

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HJ32HAF57JDNQSEPAW6IVJRKPM Rashad

    It’s a completely overlooked aspect, but it’s one of the best conman movies ever.

  • Bob Hightower

    Howcum Neeson didn’t play Lincoln? There, I said LINCOLN.

  • QfT

    One of my least favourite directors and without fail my most DESPISED cinematographer, and they both got together and made this.

    Some day we’ll find out what happened to them both in the 4 years in between Schindlers List and *shudders* Jurassic Park 2. Maybe Kaminski’s always been a milky, over bleached hack. But pre-1997 Spielberg… now he was a thing of beauty.

    • DimitriL

      You know, it’s irritating to people wail on Kaminski for his light-bleached work with Spielberg, but see Robert Richardson lionized for his light-bleached work with Oliver Stone.

      As for Kaminski, you don’t see any signs of this in his work he does with other people, like The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Funny People and even going back as far as Jerry Maguire. Attack Spielberg for his visual choices all you want, but Kaminski is serving Spielberg’s vision.

  • Bob Hightower

    Better than LINCOLN?