HBO has been showing Schindler's List more and more lately. And I have to say, movies like this you kind of have to be in the mood to see, or at least mentally prepared. But... this one, no matter how many times I see it, it's as powerful, and moving as the first.
The first time I saw this movie was in high school, in my Middle East Studies class. The teacher, Mr. Laslow, was very careful to elude to religion, you know, Church and State, big nono. But religion was there, objective and unbiased. And in-between the History of God (read it), and other works, there was Oskar Schindler, and Speilberg's movie to introduce me to this man.
What made this even more memorable, and lasting, was a trip the class took to the Holocaust Museum. If you thought the film was powerful and moving, the journey through that place would rock you to your core. I remember going through that place, and the horrors of history, and I remember how that experienced ended in this mini-pavilion of sorts that showed video testimonials from survivors of the Holocaust.
Through it all, you couldn't help but be reminded of how powerful the human spirit can be.
Heh, it's interesting how something as simple as a film can remind you of experiences that have had an impact on you on some level.
Amazing.
Okay, that's it. Back to work.
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