Judgment at Nuremberg
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Movie Reviews of Judgment at Nuremberg
Movie Review: Impressive, Important, and Philosophically Honest
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a film that will stand forever as a deeply penetrating examination of the errors of Devil Theory (the fallacy of which I detailed in my review of UNMASKING ADMINISTRATIVE EVIL, by Adams and Balfour) as an explanation for the spectacular evil which has characterized so much of the last century or so. Those who express outrage that this film is not a documentary about the Nuremberg Trials, and ground their criticisms with reference to that erroneous presumption (e.g., a review of 2/11/2011) betray their own limitations of understanding.
At base, this film provides an impressively nuanced examination of the insidious dynamics whereby good men perpetrate great evil.
This film is not a history lesson. It is a lesson for the ages, centering on the contest between good and evil, and is an examination of the tragic processes whereby good men come to bankrupt their fund of intrinsic virtue on the dark side of that contest, a losing contest in which they realize all too late that their very souls were at stake.
Movie Review: More Relevent Than Ever
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie was acclaimed when it was released in 1961 but it's theme is as relevent now as then. In the movie, several German judges were put on trial for preverting the law for the advancement of the goals of the Nazi regime. What made these men both more tragic and more evil than many of the other Nazis is the fact that they should have known better. They were highly intelligent men who used their legal training and position to establish a veneer of legality for monstrous acts.
And in light of the last eight years, this theme reverberates today. As investigations unfold into the Gitmo and Abu Ghraib torture scandals and the lawyers in the Bush administration who used their legal training to justify water boarding and the abrogation of the "quaint" notions of the Geneva Convention---men such as Alberto Gonzales, Jay Bybee, John Yoo, David Addington, et al may well face a similar reckoning. The greatest tragedy is that they ignored the lessons of history---as Judgment of Nuremburg so powerfully illustrates.
Movie Review: The Trial of the Century
Summary: 5 Stars
This DVD shows one of the real trials of the century, not one of the recent American celebrity trials, but one of the trials at Nuremberg. Although it is a fictional portrayal of one of the Nuremberg trials it does an excellent job portraying what is the most important trial of the century. Given current controversies over the "legal" use of torture, the apparent homicide of some individuals being held in custody by American military personnel, and the repeated history of genocide in this century, the film continues to be as intensely relevant as when made. The film Judgement at Nuremberg is excellent. The courtroom scenes are realistic and Spencer Tracy does a great job being a crusty, but fair and ethical judge who does not let post war politics, or personal relationships, affect his decision. Judy Garland, Richard Widmark and Maximillan Schell also turn in great performances. If you could only get one DVD about a trial, whether fictional or a real trial, this would be the DVD to own.Movie Review: On the lines of Tora Tora Tora! Thought provoking and not marketing jazz
Summary: 5 Stars
Compare Tora! Tora! Tora! (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)and Pearl Harbor (Two-Disc 60th Anniversary Commemorative Edition)
The former comes out as a kickass stuff.
The latter is a weepy wimpy movie.
Even the special effects are not worth the movie.
This movie, "Judgement at Nuremberg" is something like tora tora tora.
See the German Defense lawyer demolish every single argument the Allied lawyer tries to make, in pinning nazi war crimes on the German Judge on trial.
Especially the T-4 program, tirade against communism, relationships are amazing.
"A Judge does NOT make the law, he carries out the laws of his country. My country: Right or Wrong." ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes.
I wish every lawyer were like this one.
Movie Review: We Are Really Now Living In Nazi Germany (WARNING)
Summary: 5 Stars
My Country right or wrong?
This is a thrilling court case - and one that was a lot more interesting to what I thought it was going to be.
It only deals with four judges - but I'm sure you could imagine how the others faired in their trial.
I have watched this twice now - and it really turns patriotism on it's head. Who would think that it was bad serving your country and being proud about it?
The USA better heed the warning of this movie and become more skeptical about their foreign policy and hundreds of secret concentration camps built for a future 'terrorist' emergency (i.e A planned government bio attack). People are leaving the UK because it is getting more Nazi by the hour with the European take-over.
Beware who you serve - as it could all end in tears.
I guess what we learn from history - is that we do not learn from history...
Or perhaps it was always planned this way...