Difficult...but very necessary

Rating: 9/10 (24 September 1999)

This is, after all, one of the more...for lack of a better word...*necessary* films to appear in recent years. Yes, humans can fall to such depths. Yes, such rampant disregard for all we hold sacred--for life, for simple virtues--is possible. Yes, such bestiality has been, is today, will be again. ...entertaining??? Perish the thought. Nothing, absolutely NOTHING about this movie is entertaining. If you want entertainment this evening, watch something else. A Cary Grant comedy, a Mel Brooks film...anything else.
But this is, when all is said and done, one of the most important films ever made...because it tells us something we need very much to know, or to remember: On your guard! There have always been, will always be more Amon Goethes!! There will always be more Auschwitzes! ...but will I have the courage to be another Oskar Schindler??