Claim: Steven Spielberg's 'Schindler's List' helped show a side of the Holocaust through the perspective of a German, and through his portrayal of Schindler's character, the audience is able to better understand another perspective of the holocaust as well as get rid of some misconceptions.
Evidence: Schindler's List, the 1993 biographical film directed by Steven Spielberg, telling the story of Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than one thousand Polish Jews during the Holocaust.
Purpose: To show the misconception about Germans and the Holocaust prior to the movie and to explain the effect the movie had on public opinions and views.
Audience: All people in general. People who have seen the movie, read about the Holocaust, or lived through the time period.
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could be an interesting topic... what are the main holocaust films that this film works against? i.e. to expose the false views of the holocaust... what was it that was exposed? i can't exactly remember the film, but it seems that the area it touches on is the gray area between being a supporter and a resister of teh nazi party. is this at all close?
there is also a film called "the gray zone" which came out in 2007, and deals, i think, with the role of germans who were forced into roles of exploiting other germans. it is based on a novel by a famous holocaust survivor, primo levi (who is someone worth knowing anyhow in terms of holocaust narratives). here is a review of the badness of the film: http://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/Holocaust/levi-greyzone.html. but it might be interesting to consider the role of the production. this is a lion's gate film (millenium productions). what does this mean? you might consider the production of schindler's list. and critiques of it based on problems similar to the ones described above. you might contrast it to a documentary or a low-budget, non-hollywood holocaust narrative film... these are just thoughts.
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