“A Film Unfinished” was intended for anyone who needs a broader perspective while remembering the tragic events which lead one million and five hundred every day people to their demise. I thought it was a great attempt to make a portrait of what life was really like for the Jewish community. Having select knowledge of events during the genocide of the Jews, I have rarely gotten the opportunity to view footage of that time which I found shamefully interesting. This created even more emotions as the narrator explained things in a gentile poetic way. As the film reminisced of facts, ice was broken between the paradoxes created by the Nazi regime. It is a harsh reminder of how easy it is for hate to breed if empathy is forgotten. It exposed the circumstances in which Jews struggled to survive in as they were slowly stripped of their rights and continuously given false hopes.
Because Hitler and his men proved capable of doing powerful things, a lot of other people followed what was admirable at that time and a lot of characters were tested. Although all of these people were eager to participate in these inhumane activities a lot of them were not as eager to fess up to them. Astonishingly, out of all of the film crew only one was exposed. There were a few scenes from the film which really stuck with me. The scene of the Jewish woman who did not help another starving Jew made it apparent that it was every Jew for themselves. The ghettos which were crowded with hunger and no chance of survival resembled a mixed waste land of sickly faces. I felt sad when the survivor’s confessed that out of all of those people they continued to hope that they might see someone they knew. No matter how old or how wealthy, at some point they were all alone. That was a sad movie.
3 comments:
I definitely agree with your response. I thought that the film was interesting, although that seems morbid. The feeling of "every man for himself" that became a central theme for the film was a little eery and very dramatic. One of the most heartgripping parts was when the survivors hoped to see their families in the films. This really did open the audiences eyes to how tragic this event really was. I agree with you when saying that the actions of the Germans did test many peoples' characters. Unfortunately most of them must have had blackened hearts for as many innocent Jews to be killed like they were.
I agree it was a sad movie but I do not think it was a real accurate view into the life of the Jews cause most if not all were staged
I like how you brought up the fact about the survivor hoped they would see someone they knew. I thought this was a real moving part of the film and it showed truly how sad the ghetto was.
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