The Long Way Home
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Movie Review: What a great story...
Summary: 4 Stars
This is one excellent and very moving film. Though it is a documentary, it is gripping in its telling of the history of the Jewish refugees in the post 2nd World War years, until the creation of the state of Israel. It makes it understood, I think, even to those that are not very familiar with the subject matter. It's very good for a history class and the people interviewed are unique in that they really make you feel how they felt back then, over 50 years ago. The closure is also extremely potent, as it gives another dimension to this story of the Holocaust and the fight for a homeland. From an almost complete annihilation of a nation of a 3 thousands years of history, to be revived in our day and age - it gives the story depth I rarely seen in previous documentaries. Morgan Freeman's excellent narration, with voices of fine actors and especially with the participation of excellent witness who can tell their story in such an engaging way make this a gripping history lesson. Though made by "our team" (two Jews, one of them being a Rabbi...) it maintains a fair standing in the delicate issues of the Jewish-Arab conflict in Palestine. One cannot stop and wonder how the same story may look so trivial in a day-to-day life. A movie like this simply makes it clearer. I actually got several insightful observations that were really new to me. Note Clark Clifford, a White House counsel at the time in the Truman administration. He hardly has a voice by now, but he is as vivid in his details as he would be telling the details of one of the most important story of his life. And perhaps it was for him. This one doesn't get a 5 star simply because I reserve that to films that are truly innovative in their story telling, craftsmanship or in their bold statement. This one makes neither, but nevertheless, it's a great classic-style documentary film.Movie Review: If you think you've seen every film about the holocaust.....
Summary: 5 Stars
For years I've read every book and watched every film I could find on this subject, but I've never seen or read anything from the perspective of this particular film. It's outstanding! You will forget who you are and you will just "jump" headfirst into history!! This film mainly deals with videos, narratives, etc. of the rescue of the Jews from the camps following the end of WWII. You come away with a better understanding of how the survivors must have felt, and how difficult life was for them even after the war. You will never again think "They survived; they were the lucky ones!" SEE IT!!Movie Review: The finest documents perhaps crafted to this time...
Summary: 5 Stars
Late one night, while in a hotel room in London, England, I happened to come across this documentary on the BBC--I have not been the same since. Narrated by Morgan Freeman, the film was the winner of the Best Documentary Feature (1997) by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The musical score by Lee Holdridge is extraordinary, and highly evocative, as is Freeman's narration itself. Also featured are other great voices that impart testimonials of those that had survived the Holocaust, and who were attempting to make their way out of Germany following their miraculous survival. The documentary focuses on the plight of Holocaust survivors from their Liberation, to 1948, the year of Israel's birth--a rather unstudied period--in the visual, documentary realm. A stunning and important film that should not remain obscure.***
Movie Review: Excellent post-war primer (from 45-48)
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a terrific primer that takes you on a course of what happened from the end of WWII until the UN voted for recognizing the existance of a state Israel (bascially 1945 thru 1948). There are interviews from various people who were close to the events of this period, as well as decent B&W stills, news archives and films showing otherwise lost archives. It is well produced, and worth every penny. I watched this around the same time I watched The Sorrow and the Pity and the PBS production of 50 Years War - Israel & The Arabs. The Long Way Home DVD fills in more historical information about how the Jews were viewed and treated just after WWII, especially by the US, the English government and the radicals of Poland. This is a must (as are the two other titles I mentioned in this review) for anyone who wants to better understand this topic and the obstacles the Jewish people ran into in trying to build their own homeland.Movie Review: Incredible, astounding, unimaginable horror.. ending in hope
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the most marvalous portrayals of any historical event, holocaust or otherwise. I watched this film last night, having borrowed it from the library, and I can't get my mind to steer from it. I will be buying now from Amazon, and I feel that I must have it to show to classes (I'm a History Prof. at a community college) or anyione else who I can tempt into a postition before a TV set.I must conclude by commenting that its greatest asset is in the the effort to present doucuments and accounts from "common" folk, the real victims.