Thursday, March 22, 2007

Film Lesson:"Night and Fog"

I believe the movie "Night and Fog", was a bit less disturbing then "Schindler's List". It was real footage of what happened during the Holocaust and the dead bodies. I didn't find it as bad as "Schindler's List" because it didn't show the horror in action, just the aftermath of it. "Night and Fog" seemed to me like a watered down version of "Schindler's List". I really believe that Hollywood version of the Holocaust illustrated it better then the documentary. For example, the scene in "Schindler's List" where the Jews are packed into the train made me feel bad for them. I couldn't imagine how it would feel to be jam packed into a train full of people, dying of thirst and hunger, and about to collapse from a heat stroke. In the documentary, the Jews didn't look like they were going through so much.Both movies were still very dramatic and powerful, making the viewer feel sympathy for the Jews and those who had their lives taken at the Holocaust.

Film Lesson:"Schindler 's List"

The movie "Schindler's List", illustrated the Holocaust as a horrifying massacre and basically a real life view of history. The Nazi's butchered the Jews in a mean but effective way. The way they killed off people was disgraceful and cruel.The scenes that were most powerful was when the Nazi executed people with guns, usually shots to the head. There was one at the working camp and the women was killed because she was an intelligent jew. Another killing that took place at a working camp also was very powerful to me because an old man was killed for no reason. It is scary to know that cruel people have power over your life that way. The images of all the dead bodies and executed people will stay in my mind for a while. The burn and scarred bodies of some people, and the others with a bullet hole in their heads.

US Atomic Bombing Of Japan In 1945

I agree with the newspaper article that says the atomic bombing of Japan is the news story of the century. I believe so because it ended World War II at the cost of many innocents and also demonstrated the power of atomic bombs, which are believed to be able to destroy the world.I cannot think of a bigger news story.I would add the breakthroughs in genetic science such as the start and progress of the Human Genome Project, in which a few companies had the world's top scientists map the human gene.I would leave the rest of the top stories on the list.