Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Film Lesson: "Night and Fog"


"Night and Fog" was also a powerful movie because it showed us actual photos of what had happened in the concentration camps. This was a documentary, this showed us what really happened and how it had actually went on. The documentary described to us what took place during the holocaust. This was very much powerful because it was very real and showed me how the holocaust really was. I would just hear and read stories but never really watched anything and watching this wasn't anything happy it was depressing to see the photos that were being shown. "Night and Fog" can very much compare to "Schindler's List" because they both showed very well how the holocaust was and it wasn't anything easy to watch. Both showed how the people were treated and how the Jews were unhappy but who wouldn't be unhappy with how they were being treated. I believe the Hollywood version illustrated the Holocaust much better because even if it was acting it showed how it had happened and how they fought to live and tried hard. The Hollywood version showed how the Jews would hide so they won't be taken away. Yes, the documentary version was powerful but the Hollywood version had something that would express so much more. It felt so real but at the same time it didn't, I just couldn't believe that this had happened to innocent people. The holocaust was just depressing and watching both versions explained and let us know how people were being treated. Now hopefully nobody would have to go trough this.

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