Cheap Labor Using Undocumented Aliens Movie Review

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Stylistically, the combination of documentary and what Spielberg was used to seeing in war films gives the picture a sark look -- not beautiful, not inviting, but touching nonetheless. Filmworkers, though, are now so used to filming in color that the production designer had to redo the sets to make them darker or lighter in contrast to the actors. The costumes, as well, had to be of a different color and texture than the sets and the actors (Schindler's List - Behind the Scenes Production Notes, 2010)

Music- the music is one of the more powerful elements in the picture. Since there is little color, it is the music that provides the sense of emotion and evolution of character within the film. In a characteristic interplay between Spielberg favorite John Williams, Williams remarked that the film needed a more classically oriented composer for this score. Spielberg replied, "Yes, John, you're right, but they've all be dead 200 years." Williams' score is haunting, with violine virtuoso Itzhak Perlman performing the solos.

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Williams also incorporated several Yiddish folk tunes into the score, sometimes sung by a children's choir, sometimes scored for a chamber orchestra, and sometimes interposed as a solo piece. Authentic Jewish Klezmer music was also integrated, performed by noted musician Giora Feidman on the clarinet (Rubin, 2001, 73-4).

Conclusion- the film is a powerful portrait into the intimate life of someone faced with horror. It asks us the question, "what would we do?" The film shows, too, how the actions of a single human being can be so very critical for others. Though Schindler's List is shot in black and white, there is a symbol that enters into the film at various times -- a little girl in a red coat. Later in the film, almost to remind the audience how randomly fleeting life is, the little girl in the red coat is seen in a pile of the dead, only recognizable because of the tone of her coat......

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