Spielberg also said he would watch episodes of Seinfeld after shooting Schindler's List, in order to help him mellow out. Jerry found out about it, and then wrote the Schindler's List episode (Jerry making out during it) as an homage to Spielberg. (Thanks to Judge Reinhold for that story).
It's said that some days Steven was so depressed he'd call home to a very good friend and say, "Robin, please cheer me up." And Robin Williams would oblige.
And he listened to Adam Sandler's Hanukkah song and personally phone him saying it helped lightened the mood while filming it. He talked about it on Howard Stern.
It's sad that Robin Williams can drive despair away from people at their lowest point (Spielberg during the production of Schindler's List and Christoper Reeves who was contemplating suicide after the accident that paralysed him) and yet he couldn't save himself from the despair that haunted him.
I remember watching the movie in 1994 with my girlfriend. The movie ended,for at least half an hr no moved,no one stood up from their seats,you heard the occasional crying To this day together with the holocaust TV series it shaped my view of history,values & how I live my life (Being German)
My sweet papa (paternal grandfather) served in Germany and surrounding areas during the second World War. I asked him once if he'd ever seen a concentration camp in person. He said yes and paused a while, then asked me if I'd seen Schindler's List and went on to say it's the most accurate depiction he knows of. Hard? yes. Real and important? Also yes.
My grandfather helped liberate a concentration camp. I'm not sure which one, but he helped his unit's photographer take photos and had copies made for himself. My grandfather's younger brother (who is now a spry 84 years old) has those photos and showed them to me a few years ago.
Something I really liked about this film that I would like to acknowledge is the use of foreign accents on all the characters. It really maintains that comprehensibility for the primary English speaking viewers without the use of subtitles.
@@donHooligan Yes, you are correct and I apologize. I meant that part of history and emotionally I broke down crying. We live in a dark world. Thank you for your comment. Respect and blessings.❤️
@@davidlape7936 no need to apologize to me, ever. we are all in this, together... and i just try to share my perspective. i am quite crass about it, sometimes.
I was a lifeguard, in the late 80's, early 90's. One of the locations I worked at was a Jewish Y. And I met a few ladies who had the German identity tattoos on their arms. They were all little or young girls who survived the camps of WW2. By the time I met them, they were elderly and their husbands had already passed. These ladies could do whatever they wanted, swim where they wanted, had the complete attention of staff and myself, where I was the manager. I sometimes think of them, and the meaning they brought to my life.
The biggest threat to the people in the work camps was allied bombing. We should always remember the 6 bajillion though. Especially when they are mass genociding people they've had in the world largest concentration camp since the establishment of the Jewish state.
@@naps4all I'm sorry you are offended over nothing. I just don't care what happened in WW2 because normal people have moved on. People who cannot let go of the past, are doomed to relive it.
@@donHooligan Do not compare this to a territory that harbors terrorism and caused everything they are getting. No one believes the false narrative you push.
This movie regularly comes in near the top of movies that can only be seen once. I think I can top this, though. For years after I saw this movie I completely forgot John Williams' haunting score. I had blocked it from memory, the way you sometimes block something too painful to be borne -- and for precisely that reason. It. Just. Hurt. Too. Much.
In an episode of classic Star Trek (Patterns of Force), Jewish actors William Shatner (raised Conservative) and Leonard Nimoy (raised Orthodox) had to dress up in German WWII uniforms. I've always wondered how they each thought about that. When I saw an article somewhere listing movies that really needed to be seen, but only seen once, my first thought was "Schindler's List." I saw it once, it was very moving and powerful, but I really couldn't bear to watch it again. Most shocking to me was Ben Kingsley about to beat the crap out of the guy in the bar -- I can just picture that in my head!
Powerful film. One of Spielberg's best films. Both Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes did a great job in their roles. I especially enjoyed the portrayal of Amon Göth by Fiennes, as I could identify myself in his position, so to speak...
Trouble is it was repeated. Pol Pot in Cambodia persecuted fellow Cambodians. In China, Chairman Mao sent many to "re-education camps" which were just a nice name for concentration camps. North Korea is still doing it now too.
While I know it isn't possible, I wish everyone could see the camp for themselves. I've been to two of the camps including this one and seeing the evil than mankind is capable of saddens and scares the hell out of me.
Ralph Fiennes also put on a ton of weight for his character's part, showing Goethe's degeneration and slothfulness as time goes on... The commitment to character in this film is exquisite.
I have always admired Spielberg and how he is gifted to depict serious topics in film. I think he honored his community with Schindler’s List the same way he honored my community with The Color Purple. He is an amazing producer/director
which thing is it that you are saying is the same as the holocaust? surely it can't be so or it would be obvious what you are referring to. very offensive to holocaust survivors to use the term flippantly as part of a modern day political argument. there are holocaust survivors reading these comments seeing you write that 2024 US politics is literally the same as the events depicted in schindlers list.
Wow, interesting stuff... I always refer to this movie is "the best film I never want to see again." (Which is weird, because I saw it three times within the first year it came out.)
The only two interviews I saw where Stephen Spielberg broke down were... The Color Purple and Schindler's List. He had to fight credits, news media, and the studios to make both of them.
I saw this movie as a teenager and it was difficult to watch but it let me see how there are good people and evil people in the world. I would recommend this movie to watch to people who haven’t seen it (also warning them that it is a hard watch)
The fact that you have to censor the awful details of Schindler's List because of RU-vid guidelines to appease advertisers is a bit of an insult to the people who died. At least I feel like if you're going to show the movie you have to really show it because it's meant to be inhumane and heart wrenching.
For some reason, the Motion Picture Academy really doesn’t like Steven Spielberg. When it came to “Schindler‘s List,” though, they had no choice but to honor him with the Best Director award. They did the same in the following years with “Saving Private Ryan,” although that film I guess was easier to stiff when it came to the Best Picture award. Hey, Weird History, why not do a vid on the craziness of “Godfather III”? Would be a rather interesting examination of a very polarizing film.
Thank you for being aware of the importance of such content especially during a time when antisemitism is trending again. We will not forget what happened to our grandparents and we will keep surviving for them. Am Israel Hai 🤍💙 🇮🇱 עם ישראל חי
Steven Spielberg movie are truly amazing, Schindler List is so powerful! Everytime I watch it I want to become a better person, the fear of being taken away from your own homes and family must have been beyond horrible.
Antisemitism and antizionism/antigenocide are two very different things but this film was very important because people needed to know and see what a horrible thing people of the jewish faith as well as homosexuals and disabled people went thru. Disgusting this happened and genocides still are happening right now in chad and palestine
I remember reading that book was hard it’s not that long of a book but if I recall I put it down for a week or so about halfway through it was just so sad. I picked it back up I finished it it was a long time ago.
There is no way a movie like this could be received the same way in today's hyper-polarized society. If a critically acclaimed film about the Underground Railroad came out, half the country would lose its collective sh!t.
People don't go to movies nowadays because they all suck, not because they hate blacks or jews. Just because a movie tanks, doesn't mean people hate the people the movie represents
I've seen Schindler's List probably dozens of times. To the point that though I'm now visually impaired and can't visually see it as well I know the entire movie from start to finish I think we watched it at least three times in school and as someone who's always been enthralled by the events of the Holocaust and so moved by the accounts of the survivors I washed it on my own quite a few times thinking about watching it again this weekend since my husband's never seen it😊
This was a rough movie to watch but the ending scene was a little over the top but overall a masterpiece and a necessary masterpiece that I hope people will never forget but I know that is futile thought.
2:47 Actually he did, he just had the money for his salary go to the USC Shoah Foundation which he ALSO founded. So essentially he was only pretending not to take a salary in order to make himself look good. Which I am afraid unfortunately worked so well that it’s told he didn’t take a salary as if it was a fact even though it isn’t since he had the salary used in a different way.
When Kubrick was trying to make The Aryan Papers he was asked what he thought about Schindler's List. He said it wasn't a holocaust movie, it was a success movie.
The bit about Robin Williams was a surprise but is so perfectly Robin. I cried the entire time watching this movie and have only been Able to watch it once.
6:35 The Girl In The Red Coat was a topic of instruction when we watched Schlinder's List for one of our junior high classes. It was explained, by the teacher, that is was an image that symbolized the ruthlessness of the time and place.
And yet everyone is supporting anti Semitic actions again without thought. USA withholding ammunition from Israel as Hesbollah out of Lebanon, supplied by Iran attacks.
It took me over 3 years to watch it in its entirety. I’d watch it in parts because I’d be too broken up to continue.. I’d put it away then on a rainy day put it back on and so on. I hadn’t known for years about family lost in the death camps.. it was held secret from us grandchildren.
Spielberg left Jurassic Park immediately after principal filming for Schindler’s List, leaving JP’s post-production direction in the hands of George Lucas.
Schlinder's List won Best Director at the Academy Awards in 1994, the year I graduated from junior high. The film was released on December 15th, the same day 29 years later I would graduate with my Associates Degrees.
Genocide throughout history has always been awful stains on world history. What I do not understand is the aftermath of WW2 and the genocide of 12 million Germans is never covered. We are talking innocent Germans who had nothing to do with the war. What makes one more important than the other? They murdered innocent Germans in those same camps. It's almost like certain people don't want everyone to learn about. Innocent people being wiped out is horrible no matter who they are!
@@Taragoola When people shout "from the river..." there's not much to debate about what is meant. And that's what I mean. Blatant, obvious and seemingly proud antisemitism.
I am Jewish and grew up hearing about how this is the most important film for Jewish people of all time. For some reason I've never seen it (nor have I ever made out in the theater while it was playing). People think I'm crazy. I just think it would be too hard to watch.
Cool, now please talk about the Nakba. Absolutely no one is denying the atrocities the Jewish people went through, but we have to question why Zionists have now been allowed to commit the same atrocities to other people.
I still think that Robin Williams never got his due. Good Morning Viet Nam he did an awesome job. He was also awesome in the World According to Garp. Dead poets Society was another great role. Nobody took him serious because of Mork and Mindy. He finally got his due in Good Will Hunting. Jim Carey is another comedian that was robbed of his due with the Truman Show.
