This is a great movie with more characters than plot. Often such films can hold people's hearts firmly, and even produce the magical effect of being compressed in time - a three-hour film flashes by.
A good film always has an excellent beginning, which can make the audience immerse in it as soon as possible. The starting point of this film with war as the background is that there is no killing and no violence. Instead, it shows a nightclub scene that is full of money and money. With the help of everyone, the question of the characters in the film led to the protagonist of the film - Schindler, a guy who is good at vertical and horizontal techniques. At this time, the progress bar has only passed ten minutes. What will this guy do in the next two hours and fifty minutes? Can't help but make people look forward to it.
Although it is very different in time and space, background, environment, etc., the storytelling method of the film is very close to "The Great Gatsby". I think Thomas was also deeply influenced by Fitzgerald. It is even conceivable that the two are shouting to each other across the yin and yang worlds as if in this film.
As for the storyline, I don't do too much narration here, only the characters. In a movie, almost all directors do one big thing, which is the character growth of the character.
The absolute protagonist of this film is, of course, Schindler.
Schindler, who just appeared on the stage, looks like a businessman through and through. He is quick-witted, good at calculating, good at wooing, attaches great importance to interests, and is extremely eager for success. That's the dark side of his character. From the two clips, the first is that his wife came to see him. He said, "I was missing something before", "Is it luck?" "No, it's war." The second clip, thanks from the one-armed old man, made him very angry.
Usually, this kind of scheming character will only go to the side of helping the abusers in the war, or stay away from the right and wrong place after making enough money.
But there is another side in his character, and it is the existence of this side that makes him change later.
The boy who was born in the German countryside also values respect and admiration from people (especially women). Of course, the most important aspect of his character is his compassion for the weak. This is the yang side of his character.
The film reflects his character from four clips. The first clip, with a limited budget, employs a large number of female secretaries that are beyond the need. In the second clip, his accountant is mistakenly arrested, and he does not hesitate to offend the Nazi officer to rescue the man. In the third clip, he expressed his wishes in front of his wife: I can be sure that people here will not forget me. Fourth clip: His anger at the one-armed old man didn't make him drive the old man out of the factory.
It is worth noting that in the two clips of the wife's visit and the one-armed old man, the director skillfully showed the two sides of the character's character at the same time.
At this point in the film, Schindler's yin and yang are clearly explained. Obviously, in the early stage of his personality, yin is more than yang, that is to say, he pays more attention to interests.
At this point, one third of the film has passed.
The key event that started his character transformation was the ghetto cleanup. Even the Nazi officer himself shouted "I really want to end this bad night soon". You can see how horrific this massacre was.
Standing on the hillside, Schindler witnessed the massacre of the entire district. The director didn't show much about the killing itself, and all his eyes were focused on the only color in the whole film - the girl in red. When the corpse of the girl in red was pulled away by a flatbed truck, I believe that the psychological stimulation to Schindler was enormous.
Since then, Schindler's temperament has changed, and the yang side has gained the upper hand. It is natural to have the later Schindler list.
The film has a tight rhythm, a moving plot, and a complete character reveal. Apart from the slightly cliché of the narration, it can be said that there are no other shortcomings. It's a classic movie.
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