Genius

Rating: 10/10 (16 March 1999)

This film is Spielberg's true masterpiece. It depicts something that is so hard to describe, a story so hard to tell in true honesty. But it was. True brutal honesty. I can definitely see why this film won Best Picture.
Besides the fact that this was probably the ONLY film I have seen that has brought me close to tears, it has other characteristics that also make this such a technical work of art. The black & white tone of the film was not only there to make it seem like a dark and dreary film, but to make other, more important aspects, stand out. In one scene you see a girl running into a building; the girl is wearing a red coat. It stands out among all the shades of gray to symbolize something important: the death and suffering of the holocaust. In another scene, dead bodies are pulled away as Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) watches. The corpses' blood is pure red, to show the major amount and therefore pointlessness of their bloodshed. In one of the last scenes in the film, Jews light a bright orange flame which is ignited on the candle.
Now, I'm not saying that this is the most spectacular piece of work ever accomplished (after all it was pretty slow and almost 3 1/2 hours long), but it is something. This is a film that can never, ever be forgotten. Well done, Spielberg.
10 / 10 stars.