Judgment at Nuremberg
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Movie Reviews of Judgment at Nuremberg
Movie Review: "Judgment at Nuremberg" and Mahler
Summary: 5 Stars
I just watched this superb film for the first time today, and I agree with the general consensus about its power, its excellence, the performers, and more. It's hard to single out best performances, since Tracy, Schell, Lancaster, Garland, Dietrich, and Clift all turned in glittering gems. I'd probably rate Schell's as the best major character and Clift's as the best supporting character; his performance left me in tears.
The night before, I was at a concert of Mahler's Ninth Symphony. The raw, sweeping passion in that 87-minute masterpiece evoked many of the emotions that this move did. Anyone else a Mahler fan?
Movie Review: Required Viewing for everyone
Summary: 5 Stars
I have watched this movie over the years more than once a year. It should be required for every citizen of every nation. I am amazed and chilled at how similar were the rationalizations for many of the steps leading up to the final horrors of the 3rd Reich are being repeated today, and how many of the procedures used by the Nazis were first used in the United States (mandatory steralization, secret prisons, secreta arrests, etc.) supported by highly respected and supposedly moral civic and political leaders. Unfortunately, the powers that be in this world have learned only "how to" not "how not to."Movie Review: Conversation
Summary: 5 Stars
I highly recommend taking the time to view the extra feature present-day conversation between Abby Mann and Max Schell: the aged Schell of today shows a stark contrast with the whipcord-gorgeous young Hans Rolfe. But the most telling parts of the conversation are the ineffable looks that pass over Schell's face whenever Mann asks him about his reactions to the role he played and the controversy and ire it sparked in his homeland. It seemed to me that Schell occasionally felt that Mann was putting words in his mouth, but maybe I read too much into those cryptic grizzled features. Was he acting?Movie Review: Judgment at Nuremberg
Summary: 5 Stars
Long but brilliant, "Judgment" was a box-office sensation, due to director Kramer's sensitive, socially conscious approach, which examines the degree to which people should be held responsible for following orders. The movie includes a host of sterling performances: Schell stands out as the impassioned defense attorney (the part netted him an Oscar), as do Montgomery Clift and Judy Garland, whose tragic characters poignantly mirror the consuming sadness in their real lives. "Judgment" is an absorbing, true-to-life reckoning with the infamous Nazi legacy and the nature of modern justice.Movie Review: Should Be Mandatory Viewing
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a very sobering movie with an outstanding cast of characters. Rather than just generalize what happened during WWII, you see video of the concentration camps showing man at his absolute worst. For those who doubt the Holocaust, or just know of it as something they have read in a history book or over casual conversation: see this movie and never forget. More important, we can't let something like this happen again.
Sorry to get on the soapbox, but I do beleive this should be mandatory viewing in our high schools.