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Steven Spielberg's seminal classic. When did you first see Schindler's List??

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Schindler's List - WATCH ALONG

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Stephen Hert

Very important film. It is a movie, however that I think if you watch once that’s enough because of the subject material. It’s incredibly heavy, and it’s incredibly well done. Fun fact: when Steven Spielberg reached out to John Williams to do the soundtrack, John said “ you need a better composer”. To which Steven replied, “I know, they’re already dead”. The “I could’ve got one more“ hit me so hard in the chest unlike anything I’ve ever felt before. Just devastating how much he ended up caring for the victims. Many generations were saved because of him.

Adrianna Marie Aka AD

Such an important watch. I first saw this movie at 16 and it forever changed me. I'm glad you both are finally giving this one a watch and hope to see more like this on the channel. The Pianist is another incredible film with such an important story to tell. I also wanted to add that silence is the expected reaction to this movie. I don't think anyone expects you to offer commentary at great length. I always just appreciate seeing how someone experiences this one for the first time since it's 20 years since my first watch. 🙏🏾❤️

Adrian Wayne

I'm still not ready to watch this movie just because the book had a HUGE impact on me and I'm afraid that: one - it won't get to the expectations and two - I just don't know if I can handle this story for a second time.

Anna

Strangely I didn't see this movie until I was in my 20s but I had a big interest in the Holocaust growing up. The shower scene at Auschwitz is what broke me the first time because I was so shocked it wasn't tragic. I've watched it countless times now and the "I could've got one more" line makes me cry every single time. What a masterpiece.

Anna

I think the shock of the first viewing might have made it hard to see Schindler's slow turn back to humanity. It started with the ghetto massacre and the red dress. A lot of the scenes afterwards were him putting on a facade to do small acts of kindness while appearing to be as callous as he was supposed to be in order to retain a position of power to keep involving himself with the workers. All the trinkets he's handing out are him "buying" people into his safer factory.

Keith Zirwes

I remember the importance and how impactful this movie is. I watched it at a movie theater with my entire middle school. A bunch of teenagers that at first were laughing, not understanding what they were watching. To them it was just an escape from schoolwork. The moment the old man with one arm was shot, the whole theater grew silent. The rest of the film was silence, screams of anger and pain and crying. That made me understand how important this film is. I have watched it several times and I understand how people can't seem to comprehend that. Anytime I watch this film, it reminds me that no matter what happens in this World, all the tragedies and hate that exists and all that angers me, that I must continue to be kind, loving, sincere and empathetic towards all people. That I could never and will never bow down to hate.

Anna

If this movie hit an incredibly intense pressure point I would invite folks to check out the Holocaust Museum in LA. It provides a lot of context and sometimes has talks from survivors that can be attended

TwoSocks

dont forget about the other 70 million that died during WWII

Christian Seibold

They didn't. You should reflect on why you felt the need to point this out on a movie about the Jewish experience.