During the filming Steven Speilberg was so emotionally involved with the people and the story that he had to call comedian Robin Williams EVERY SINGLE NIGHT during the making, so Williams could cheer him up and get him back into a frame of mind strong enough to continue filming.... EVERY... SINGLE.... NIGHT!
Robin Williams was too much sometimes, Over the top exhausting. I don't know how Spielberg could do a phone call with him every night but maybe Williams wasn't always "on" and actually was just a good friend and sensitive to the situation. I'm sure it was a very heavy and emotional time for Spielberg and he needed some levity at the end of each filming day.
I think Schindler's List should be required viewing to ALL high school students, everyone should see it. I saw it, i cried for a long time afterwards, it moved me so much. I never want to see it again, but I'm so glad I saw it.
Try the documentary Shoah. Siskel & Ebert reviewed it. It's on my watch list, if I can even make it through it, knowing how this movie affected me for days on end, and permanently to an extent.
I began reading the comments to see if there were any by Holocaust deniers - guys (it’s always guys) who refuse to believe documented facts. Didn’t have to go very far to find them - like cockroaches.
@@KeithOtisEdwards Wow ... gotta love people who scan the internet with the sole intention of getting themselves offended. "Holocaust Deniers" 😆 "Climate Deniers" ... These are the terms all statists enjoy using to describe people who like to think for themselves. I don't "Deny" the Holocaust, but the numbers were definitely cooked. I'm not a cockroach .... You sound like a major douche though.
Wayne World 2? Really? Not every episode needs this exact same comment. Just for context, WW2 didnt even make twice its budget (making it an absolute bomb) compared to 183 million by the original. Versus a 20 million budget… Even people at the time didnt care about WW2
Even reviewing Schindler's List was a minefield for reviewers back then. You had to convince people that this was not going to be a 'feel good' fun time at the movies, but an important experience. And Siskell nailed it just right, by saying that it was important that he showed the joy in the killing. The inhumanity that took place, most people don't want to admit was possible. And how well Spielberg did it without glamorizing or making every killing an emotional moment. And Ebert also nailed it by emphasizing the film making restraint, while treating it from small stories rather than like as a large documentary, the route most historical films take.
This movie is a masterpiece. Schindler's List is an emotional ride for sure, and can be difficult to watch during some scenes, but the experience is exceptional. Easily one of Spielberg's best.
He's definitely in the top 10. I think Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark are much better movies than Schindler's List, though. He's at his absolute best when he's making popcorn movies, in my opinion. Genius filmmaker.
@@arnavlokhande9448 I do like Peter Jackson's early stuff a lot. LOTR looks like fantasy to me. I might like it. I've honestly never thought about sitting down to watch one.
Gene Siskel usually cultivated the image of being the more detached/cerebral of the two critics, but every now and then their positions reversed, as here when discussing Schindler's List (or eight years before when talking about Shoah).
Made me cry when I first saw Schindler's List on tv, but after watching Jurassic on VHS was epic and adventurous. But Schindler will always be one of those tearful and important films for me. "Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire."
I would have to agree with you, because I too remember renting Schindler's List when it was released on VHS, and it was just Amazing, Unbelievable, Intense, Graphic, and Sincere, also I still have the VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray (The Blu-ray one in its plastic wrapping), I also have Jurassic Park and the others too. Also I wish that Siskel & Ebert were both still alive. I would've loved seeing them Review other movies, Like, 1. Paranormal Activity. (all of them). 2. The Nut Job. 3. The Lego Movie. 4. The Lego Movie 2 the Second Part. 5. The Lego NINJAGO Movie. 6. The Lego Batman Movie. 7. Robocop. - 2014. 8. Son of God. 9. Mr. Peabody & Sherman. 10. Muppets Most Wanted. 11. Noah. 12. Rio. 13. Rio 2. 14. Sing. 15. Sing 2. 16. Despicable Me. 17. Despicable Me 2. 18. Despicable Me 3. 19. Despicable Me 4. 20. Minions. 21. Minions the rise of Gru. 22. Ice Age. (and the Sequels). 23. Godzilla. - 2014. 24. Godzilla King of Monsters. 25. Godzilla vs Kong. 26. Jurassic World. 27. Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom. 28. Jurassic World Dominion. 29. Star Wars the Force Awakens. 30. Star Wars the Last Jedi. 31. Star Wars the Rise of Skywalker. 32. Pokemon Detective Pikachu. 33. West Side Story. Etc. Etc.
Spielberg created a film that is incredible, important, sometimes unwatchable because of its honest brutality of a horrific time, and I keep coming back to its brilliance. A staggering film (I say that in a respectful way) that can leave its audience emotionally drained, but well educated. What an experience.
@Trzn LOL I knew it! You can spot online-Nazis a mile away. There is nothing more predictable on the internet than you guys. You're all so desperate to start whining about the Jews you give it away every time you post a comment. I should be a Nazi hunter, I'm really good at this 😂
@@jandekker6008 There was a passage (like maybe 6 or 7 sentences) on IMDB where she talks about the decline of Spielberg. The quote only said "Even the best parts of Schindler's List were heavy handed."
@@linkbiff1054 Thanks. I guess it then comes down to what she thinks are the best parts. The scenes with the ring and the red-coated girl? She has a case there. Or the parts Siskel is talking about? I agree with Siskel about those.
Most important statement Siskel makes about Schindler's List on this show is this one: "Was it a gimmick in some way? Was it borrowed interest? It was absolutely absorbing as a motion picture!"
Definitely; often, movies like this (or about other hot political issues) will get praised - or criticized - more for their subject matter or political stance than for what's actually on the screen. In his end-of-year list (for the newspaper, not the show) Gene Siskel added that he'd only planned to stay for an hour or so when he went for the second time, but ended up sitting through the whole thing again and felt exactly the same way about it as he had on first viewing.
@@gargantuaism just the shock of the topic and depiction was the reason first time watching was so absorbing. Like watching many marvel movies today. Great the first time but 2nd time is not nearly as impressive.
I am a Christian..God Bless Steven for getting this film done!! I believe that every high school student, every college student, in the world, should watch this. Knowledge is power. People must know the truth.
@@brandonbrooks898 The real joke is that poor roger is propagandizing the movie as historically factual. It was not. It's historical fiction, e.g. depicts events that did NOT actually happened.
Hear, hear! Schindler's List is a masterpiece and a very important historical footnote in a terrible chapter for humanity. It is tough to watch at times, but the terrible reality in the film is very well acted and choreographed and must never be forgotten. Let's hope that there is a future where hate and intolerance is a thing of the past.
I saw this movie while I was in high school . The attendant asked me if I was 18. (I wasn't). I said how many 17 year olds are going to sneak in to see this. He said it's for mature audience but clearly I was mature enough to see it. It was a wonderfully made film and one of the best I ever saw.
Ah, dear Don Ameche. If you've never listened to an episode of the old-time radio classic "The Bickersons," find it here on YT and listen right now. Ameche's performance and comic timing on that show made it a treasure. I've only ever seen his newer movies, but he was a great star in those: Trading Places, Cocoon, and Things Change....he was a lot of fun in those roles.
I saw this movie for the first time a few years ago on TV. I sat down with an apple and the movie started. I took one bite out of the apple but was so transfixed by the film that I didn't get up, didn't take another bite of the apple, and didn't set the apple down for the duration of the movie. That says something because I normally raid the fridge several times during a movie.
yeah... great story there. The movie was 'so good' you didn't finish your apple .... you should write a treatment for that and bring it to hollywood. 🙄
God I Remember Going with a Friend of Mine named Sarah to The Local Blockbuster Video, She was in one of the Movie Aisles, and I was about three Movie Aisles down from her, I was looking at Each of the Movie, Until I stopped and picked up a Movie, Fire In The Sky, I was reading the back of it, Until a Blockbuster Video Employee walked down the Aisle and placed This Movie on the Movie Rack, Until I saw it out of the corner of my eye, I put the movie Fire In The Sky, that I was looking at Back, and Picked this Movie Up, read the back of it, I decided to Rent It, about an hour later when I Called My Friend Louise, to come over, and We started watching This Movie, It was Amazing from Start to Finish, It was so sweet at the end, I'm not going to talk about it, you'll have to watch it to find out.
I was in highschool in 1993 i was in the 10th grade lol the movies were better then i saw both that year Wayne's World two and Schindler's List. Thanks for sharing this, the sound need to be better. Lol
so you've got _Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, Wayne's World 2_ and _Schindler's List._ one of those movies _may_ be somewhat more meritorious than the other two, though i can't be sure.
Schindler's List is nothing short of Spielberg's masterpiece! This is such an important film.I am not exaggerating when I say this is the best film ever made! If you don't cry even one tear during this movie, you have no heart...If you want to know how much it affected me, leave me a msg.& I will elaborate
I set in my chair welded to it. From start to finish. I was memorized with Schindler's List. As it ended I sat there for several minutes before I could move. The absolutely best film I had ever seen. It's 2020 and still have not seen any movie that has come close. Then you see these two have their review of sister act. What a complete piece of garbage this looks like. The worst is thousands will spend good money to see it.
@@larrystaples1842 Thanks Mr friend. Yes you are correct. I always try to check my spelling but sometimes I rush through and make the mistake of sending before checking. I really appreciate your respectful response. Many others when commenting just want to pick a fight.
@@larrystaples1842in in Buffalo NY. I'm originally from Tampa. My wife's from Buffalo. Where do you call home? It's 98 degrees here today. We have broken a long standing record for so many consecutive days over 90. I love it. I have a pool and a small lake as a backyard. Can't beat it.
Spielberg, perhaps the greatest American filmmaker ever. What a variety of great works he's given us over such a long career. Sure will miss him when he's gone someday.
I think Schindler's List is the greatest movie ever made. But it's not on my top ten favorites because it isn't something I'd watch very often. I've seen it twice so far.
Wow...it’s so...technical. Like I know it’s not a technical movie review but if you compare this to modern film criticism, it’s so much more technical. I really enjoyed that
@@Fiveash-Art Without getting into that debate... it's just ridiculous that people feel the need to "hit you in the feels" or whatever... just teach the history, whatever.
@@Fiveash-Art It's like "Ohh you don't feel bad enough yet? Here's an emotional movie with a moving score and dramatic lighting and professional actors, I bet you feel bad now!"
@@mercster It's a religion, and Hollywood is their church ... Got to constantly remind us who the 'victim' is so you won't go around thinking about things and question who might actually be running the show. 😆
i am SHOCKED that they *loved* _Wayne's World 2._ they were feeling pretty generous. it's not exactly a great entertainment . . . though it IS entertaining. what a world!
Schindler’s List is a beautiful film. It’s amazing how real that film felt. It’s not exactly a film that I would want to watch many times but I absolutely respect this film.
This movie by speilberg should be required watching in america. No charge no nothing's it should be for free viewing for everyone.it is one of the most important pieces of art ever created.. Plus the way it's shot and lighting is text book. I was blown away i'm not jewish but wow i was blown away how those people where treated.i had to watch it 3 times with my girlfriend who is jewish. Wow great job!!! boy am i happy i'm an american at this time in history living in the u.s.a....
@Respect/Walk It never claims to be factual, the facts it provides are indeed facts, the fictional aspects are never claimed to be facts. What is important about this movie isn't how accurate it is, it's about how important it is to remind people of this horrible time period in our History, and it does that beautifully.
Steven Spielberg has to be the MOST diverse filmmaker EVER. ET and The Color Purple. Is as different and diverse as can be. This man is a certified genius. Schindler's List is,, to me, Spielberg's greatest work. This movie is so real and tangible. To us when were born in the 50s, black and white looks better than color.
Sometimes you don't really have a choice; if a tape was recorded on an older VCR and played back on a newer one, you often have tracking and audio issues. Sometimes they can be fixed by opening the VCR up and blowing the dust off the AV heads with canned air. It worked for me.
Liam did lose the Best Actor Oscar to Tom Hanks, who actually was very good in "Philadelphia." I wish they couid have split the vote and each have been honored. It's probably my favorite performance from Liam - it's subtle and a little distanced but without being emotionally closed. He's brilliant. An even more controversial loss was Ralph Fiennes losing the Best Supporting Actor award to Tommy Lee Jones in "The Fugitive." Now, I liked "The Fugitive" and Tommy Lee is so good in it that he nearly stole the movie away from Harrison Ford, which is not an easy task. But if we honestly compare that performance to Ralph's work as Amon Goeth, in terms of choices, courage, insight and impact, it's frankly not close. To this day Ralph's name comes up in lists of "most notable Oscar robberies."
I agree with the critics who say the worst part about "Schindler's List" is that it has a happy ending. How can you have a happy ending with such a savage event that the majority of people stuck in it died. I know it is based on true story but it is just a very small story in a much larger event.
I wouldn't really call the ending "happy" - and I've never bought that criticism regardless. Because Schindler's workers didn't all die, that somehow it was happy? It was a beautiful ending, but not happy. By the logic, The Pianist was also happy because Szpilman survived and endured - even going back to playing concerts.
I would not call it a "happy" ending. It's a defiant and triumphant will to live. Watching the descendants of the Schindler Jews placing rocks on his grave in Israel is a beautiful metaphor for the survival of the Jews after so many years of genocide and discrimination around the world, not just in Germany.
Yes 100% agree. Schindler's list is for Holocaust white belts. "It's hard to watch but I'm glad I did and it shows I'm not a Holocaust denier and it's the greatest movie ever made" is the gist of every review. Americans are satisfied with this tepid ahistorical Jewish exploitation movie because they are universally ignorant of the fact that dozens of American corporations, as well as the US govt, were both cognizant and essential to the elimination of European jewry. European filmmakers addressed this subject with courage, wit, and style but American audiences prefer the Disneyland ride of "watch the action hero save a couple yids". Shame on siskel and ebert. This movie is pablum from a master exploiter.
@@QED_ one wonders if a real movie about the Holocaust, one where rabid anti Semite fascists like Henry Ford, Henry Luce, William randolph Hearst, Walt Disney and John foster and Alan Dulles are not exonerated thru omission, will ever be made. Doubt it.
I haven’t watched this in years. I agree sister act 2 sucked. I like the original waaaaaay more. However I like Wayne’s world II waaaaaay more than the first. I like the first but II is waaaaaay more. I like his idea about 3
Its been over 25 years since this movie played in the theaters and, sadly, there still is a large number of people who either don't know anything about this genocide or don't believe it really happened.
Yes it is sad. And, unfortunately it seems, the number of disbelievers continues to grow. Must be the times through which we are living. A very polarized period to be sure.
Anonymous User Well I'm writing a screen play now. Called, BURIED IN THE SKY! It's based on a Indian lady and her life after the Battle of the Wichita's. Her name is Walking In The Morning. But you don't have to be so hateful. I don't know if you've been in pictures but they'd very hard to get done. Unless you're in the business you have no idea.
Interesting how off-beam this review is. It's a magnificent movie. But it's not a record, is it. It's a movie. Also, apart from some scenes, eg the Ghetto liquidation, it's not shot in documentary style. The lighting, black and white photography (and *that* splash of colour), music and even some humour are all deliberate choices to manipulate tone and produce shock and emotional reaction. And of course, that's all fine. Again, it's a fine film. But it's not a documentary.
By "documentary style", they were probably just referring to details like the following: the use of handheld cameras, the near absence of crane shots, etc..
Speilberg took NO MONEY for the making of this film. It was a labour of love for him.
It paid off. He got the Oscar.
@@geupelboi He should have at least 5!
And all box office went to holcaust related charities- even setting up a foundation that reunited many survivors!
he was also editing Jurassic Park during filming of Schindler's - you could not get a bigger contrast
That's why he is a respected filmmaker.
During the filming Steven Speilberg was so emotionally involved with the people and the story that he had to call comedian Robin Williams EVERY SINGLE NIGHT during the making, so Williams could cheer him up and get him back into a frame of mind strong enough to continue filming.... EVERY... SINGLE.... NIGHT!
Why didn't he ring someone funny?
@@andrewbevan4662 Stfu
Also Seinfeld reruns.
Robin Williams is less funny than Schindler’s list
Robin Williams was too much sometimes, Over the top exhausting.
I don't know how Spielberg could do a phone call with him every night but maybe Williams wasn't always "on" and actually was just a good friend and sensitive to the situation.
I'm sure it was a very heavy and emotional time for Spielberg and he needed some levity at the end of each filming day.
I think Schindler's List should be required viewing to ALL high school students, everyone should see it. I saw it, i cried for a long time afterwards, it moved me so much. I never want to see it again, but I'm so glad I saw it.
Try the documentary Shoah. Siskel & Ebert reviewed it. It's on my watch list, if I can even make it through it, knowing how this movie affected me for days on end, and permanently to an extent.
I see you're part of the problem, you think fictional movies should be school curriculum.
Propagandize them while they're young I guess? 🐑🐑🐑
I began reading the comments to see if there were any by Holocaust deniers - guys (it’s always guys) who refuse to believe documented facts.
Didn’t have to go very far to find them - like cockroaches.
@@KeithOtisEdwards Wow ... gotta love people who scan the internet with the sole intention of getting themselves offended. "Holocaust Deniers" 😆 "Climate Deniers" ... These are the terms all statists enjoy using to describe people who like to think for themselves. I don't "Deny" the Holocaust, but the numbers were definitely cooked. I'm not a cockroach .... You sound like a major douche though.
I kept putting this film off because of its 3 hour and 14 minute run time, by the time I finished it I wished it was longer.
Lol
Damn I wish the sound quality was better.
There's a bee stuck in my computer!!
It's called antenna tv, young one
@@moood47 Rabbit ears lol.
you gotta bee on a your hat
I’ve seen this episode on CABLE, thank you, Padawan “yute.”
Hongda Thank you for speaking truth to stupidity!
Schindler’s list, Wayne’s world 2, Geronimo... all in the same week?? What a time to go to the movies
Wayne World 2? Really? Not every episode needs this exact same comment.
Just for context, WW2 didnt even make twice its budget (making it an absolute bomb) compared to 183 million by the original. Versus a 20 million budget…
Even people at the time didnt care about WW2
Even reviewing Schindler's List was a minefield for reviewers back then. You had to convince people that this was not going to be a 'feel good' fun time at the movies, but an important experience. And Siskell nailed it just right, by saying that it was important that he showed the joy in the killing. The inhumanity that took place, most people don't want to admit was possible. And how well Spielberg did it without glamorizing or making every killing an emotional moment. And Ebert also nailed it by emphasizing the film making restraint, while treating it from small stories rather than like as a large documentary, the route most historical films take.
Spielberg frequently phoned robin williams on set when the shoot was getting too emotional
This movie is a masterpiece. Schindler's List is an emotional ride for sure, and can be difficult to watch during some scenes, but the experience is exceptional. Easily one of Spielberg's best.
@Trzn Fantastic critizism. Cant see why you havent been picked up by a review company.
@Trzn Sure 😂
@Trzn No i just cant take you seriously because of how stupid you sound. You genuinly make people around you stupider.
Just this one film put Spielberg in my top three directors of all time.
@Hosea 4:6 I didn't like it, either. I thought it was heavy, boring and self-important.
He's definitely in the top 10. I think Jaws and Raiders of the Lost Ark are much better movies than Schindler's List, though. He's at his absolute best when he's making popcorn movies, in my opinion. Genius filmmaker.
@@geupelboi watch LOTR, might suit u
@@arnavlokhande9448 I do like Peter Jackson's early stuff a lot. LOTR looks like fantasy to me. I might like it. I've honestly never thought about sitting down to watch one.
@@geupelboi i don't know then...
Gene Siskel usually cultivated the image of being the more detached/cerebral of the two critics, but every now and then their positions reversed, as here when discussing Schindler's List (or eight years before when talking about Shoah).
One of my top five favorites of all time. Spielberg is a master filmmaker
Made me cry when I first saw Schindler's List on tv, but after watching Jurassic on VHS was epic and adventurous. But Schindler will always be one of those tearful and important films for me. "Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire."
I would have to agree with you, because I too remember renting Schindler's List when it was released on VHS, and it was just Amazing, Unbelievable, Intense, Graphic, and Sincere, also I still have the VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray (The Blu-ray one in its plastic wrapping), I also have Jurassic Park and the others too. Also I wish that Siskel & Ebert were both still alive. I would've loved seeing them Review other movies, Like,
1. Paranormal Activity. (all of them).
2. The Nut Job.
3. The Lego Movie.
4. The Lego Movie 2 the Second Part.
5. The Lego NINJAGO Movie.
6. The Lego Batman Movie.
7. Robocop. - 2014.
8. Son of God.
9. Mr. Peabody & Sherman.
10. Muppets Most Wanted.
11. Noah.
12. Rio.
13. Rio 2.
14. Sing.
15. Sing 2.
16. Despicable Me.
17. Despicable Me 2.
18. Despicable Me 3.
19. Despicable Me 4.
20. Minions.
21. Minions the rise of Gru.
22. Ice Age. (and the Sequels).
23. Godzilla. - 2014.
24. Godzilla King of Monsters.
25. Godzilla vs Kong.
26. Jurassic World.
27. Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom.
28. Jurassic World Dominion.
29. Star Wars the Force Awakens.
30. Star Wars the Last Jedi.
31. Star Wars the Rise of Skywalker.
32. Pokemon Detective Pikachu.
33. West Side Story.
Etc. Etc.
Spielberg created a film that is incredible, important, sometimes unwatchable because of its honest brutality of a horrific time, and I keep coming back to its brilliance. A staggering film (I say that in a respectful way) that can leave its audience emotionally drained, but well educated. What an experience.
@Trzn Nazi troll
@Trzn Well, you're all over this comment section whining about the film for no apparent reason so....yeah, I think I'm pretty close.
@Trzn LOL I knew it! You can spot online-Nazis a mile away.
There is nothing more predictable on the internet than you guys. You're all so desperate to start whining about the Jews you give it away every time you post a comment.
I should be a Nazi hunter, I'm really good at this 😂
@Trzn Strange, i dont, he doesent my family doesent no its just you who is the Nazi around here.
Oscar Schindler really saved his Jewish workers from Gas chambers of death campers.
Pauline Kael on Schindler’s List: “The movie was too heavy-handed.”
Gene Siskel on Schindler’s List: “Good! Show it all!”
Siskel wins
Calling a sad movie “too heavy handed” would be like calling a comedy movie too funny.
They actually toned down Amon Goeth - he was worse in real life.
I need more context here. What did Kael think was heavy-handed about it?
@@jandekker6008 There was a passage (like maybe 6 or 7 sentences) on IMDB where she talks about the decline of Spielberg. The quote only said "Even the best parts of Schindler's List were heavy handed."
@@linkbiff1054 Thanks. I guess it then comes down to what she thinks are the best parts. The scenes with the ring and the red-coated girl? She has a case there. Or the parts Siskel is talking about? I agree with Siskel about those.
Most important statement Siskel makes about Schindler's List on this show is this one: "Was it a gimmick in some way? Was it borrowed interest? It was absolutely absorbing as a motion picture!"
Yes
Exactly
Definitely; often, movies like this (or about other hot political issues) will get praised - or criticized - more for their subject matter or political stance than for what's actually on the screen.
In his end-of-year list (for the newspaper, not the show) Gene Siskel added that he'd only planned to stay for an hour or so when he went for the second time, but ended up sitting through the whole thing again and felt exactly the same way about it as he had on first viewing.
But why would Siskel even wonder if showing the Holocaust was a "gimmick"? What on earth did he even mean by that?
@@gargantuaism just the shock of the topic and depiction was the reason first time watching was so absorbing. Like watching many marvel movies today. Great the first time but 2nd time is not nearly as impressive.
I am a Christian..God Bless Steven for getting this film done!! I believe that every high school student, every college student, in the world, should watch this. Knowledge is power. People must know the truth.
Why did God/Jesus allow this AND the African slave legacy in America happen?
But it's based on a book (Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally) that is a work of fiction=not the truth.
Just rewatched Schindlers List. Every moment of the 3+ hours is RIVETING
Just rewatched Schindler’s List... cried my eyes out. It’s still hard to this day to try and wrap my head around the Holocaust.
yeap the movie is a ...hoax
"Before watching this movie I didn't want to believe this event happened. After I watched it, I couldn't believe it only happened once." -Roger Ebert
Anthony jeslenick made that joke
@@brandonbrooks898 oh I thought Roger said that
@@brandonbrooks898 The real joke is that poor roger is propagandizing the movie as historically factual. It was not. It's historical fiction, e.g. depicts events that did NOT actually happened.
I remember watching these two argue on TV 📺! Some of my happiest childhood memories!
Hear, hear! Schindler's List is a masterpiece and a very important historical footnote in a terrible chapter for humanity. It is tough to watch at times, but the terrible reality in the film is very well acted and choreographed and must never be forgotten. Let's hope that there is a future where hate and intolerance is a thing of the past.
Movies just aren’t as good these days.
Seen this twice-20 years apart-the 1997 adfree network showing and in 2017 again streaming. It's a great movie both times, both guys here are dead on.
I saw this movie while I was in high school . The attendant asked me if I was 18. (I wasn't). I said how many 17 year olds are going to sneak in to see this. He said it's for mature audience but clearly I was mature enough to see it. It was a wonderfully made film and one of the best I ever saw.
Ah, dear Don Ameche. If you've never listened to an episode of the old-time radio classic "The Bickersons," find it here on YT and listen right now. Ameche's performance and comic timing on that show made it a treasure. I've only ever seen his newer movies, but he was a great star in those: Trading Places, Cocoon, and Things Change....he was a lot of fun in those roles.
You really need to see Heaven Can Wait.
I saw this movie for the first time a few years ago on TV. I sat down with an apple and the movie started. I took one bite out of the apple but was so transfixed by the film that I didn't get up, didn't take another bite of the apple, and didn't set the apple down for the duration of the movie. That says something because I normally raid the fridge several times during a movie.
yeah... great story there. The movie was 'so good' you didn't finish your apple .... you should write a treatment for that and bring it to hollywood. 🙄
Both these guys were on the money with this preview. An all time historically important movie..
I never thought I would hear Schindler’s List in the same sentence as Wayne’s World
You know what’s also shocking? This came out the same year as Jurassic Park. You can say what you want about Spielberg... the man has range.
"What about the young black man?" He says about Will Smith lol this was definitely before he became a Hollywood goliath
Schindler's List was an extremely powerful and moving picture. It profoundly affects those who see it.
I can't watch that part at 2:49 without thinking of Louis Ck's "goodbye Jews" bit.
God I Remember Going with a Friend of Mine named Sarah to The Local Blockbuster Video, She was in one of the Movie Aisles, and I was about three Movie Aisles down from her, I was looking at Each of the Movie, Until I stopped and picked up a Movie, Fire In The Sky, I was reading the back of it, Until a Blockbuster Video Employee walked down the Aisle and placed This Movie on the Movie Rack, Until I saw it out of the corner of my eye, I put the movie Fire In The Sky, that I was looking at Back, and Picked this Movie Up, read the back of it, I decided to Rent It, about an hour later when I Called My Friend Louise, to come over, and We started watching This Movie, It was Amazing from Start to Finish, It was so sweet at the end, I'm not going to talk about it, you'll have to watch it to find out.
Is my computer farting?
The horror and the shame of it should not be forgotten!
Yeah, especially when Hollywood and the media continue to beat us over the head with it. 😂
🤔 I wonder, if there had never been Siskel & Ebert, *would* there be 👍 and 👎 buttons on RUclips?
I was in highschool in 1993 i was in the 10th grade lol the movies were better then i saw both that year Wayne's World two and Schindler's List. Thanks for sharing this, the sound need to be better. Lol
Spielberg made this and Jurassic friggin Park in the same year. In my book, he's the absolute GOAT of directors.
so you've got _Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, Wayne's World 2_ and _Schindler's List._
one of those movies _may_ be somewhat more meritorious than the other two, though i can't be sure.
" When we disagree one of us is wrong. When We agree both of us are right" RIP Roger Ebert
Last year i met Ben Kingsly what a guy he was. He came to Margate where I live at Turner Centre.
The only critique I have about this episode is Ebert’s constant farting. There’s medication for that.
Great movie & I got to watch in theater about 6 months ago
1/3 of the american people didn't even think the Holocaust happened? Fuck that's depressing.
" You made out , during Schindler's list ? "
Spielberg made this classic and JURASSIC PARK in the same year -- the peak of cinema, imo.
You can’t deny... the man has range
Peak cinema. Okay...
Would have been funny of Roger gave Schindler's list a thumbs down. They might have come to blows.
I really appreciate anyone willing to revive S&E. Having said that, what is up with the audio feed?!
Geronimo was nowhere near the Texas border! His land was the chiricahua mountains in southeast Arizona quite a ways from Texas!
The same year as Jurassic Park... Spielberg has range!
Geronimo could've used more narrative investigating, but for what it was, it's an interesting look at history by a very fine auteur.
Schindler's List is nothing short of Spielberg's masterpiece! This is such an important film.I am not exaggerating when I say this is the best film ever made! If you don't cry even one tear during
this movie, you have no heart...If you want to know how much it affected me, leave me a msg.& I will elaborate
I set in my chair welded to it. From start to finish. I was memorized with Schindler's List. As it ended I sat there for several minutes before I could move. The absolutely best film I had ever seen. It's 2020 and still have not seen any movie that has come close. Then you see these two have their review of sister act. What a complete piece of garbage this looks like. The worst is thousands will spend good money to see it.
Saw it when I was 18, never felt like that before or since in a movie theater.
I'm thinking that you meant mesmerized rather than memorized....auto check has a way of ruining some really great thoughts.....
@@larrystaples1842 Thanks Mr friend. Yes you are correct. I always try to check my spelling but sometimes I rush through and make the mistake of sending before checking. I really appreciate your respectful response. Many others when commenting just want to pick a fight.
@@bigdawg1758 Yeah, I could tell by your verbal fluency...happens to me all the time...great comments....
@@larrystaples1842in in Buffalo NY. I'm originally from Tampa. My wife's from Buffalo. Where do you call home? It's 98 degrees here today. We have broken a long standing record for so many consecutive days over 90. I love it. I have a pool and a small lake as a backyard. Can't beat it.
Oh how I missed that VCR tracking noise of a tape thats worn down......... Not.
Spielberg, perhaps the greatest American filmmaker ever. What a variety of great works he's given us over such a long career. Sure will miss him when he's gone someday.
Schindler’s List was the same year as Jurassic Park!
Yeah Spielberg is better than Kubrick.
I think Schindler's List is the greatest movie ever made. But it's not on my top ten favorites because it isn't something I'd watch very often. I've seen it twice so far.
Wow...it’s so...technical. Like I know it’s not a technical movie review but if you compare this to modern film criticism, it’s so much more technical. I really enjoyed that
I have never seen a longer review from this two compared with the Schindler List's
A movie by Stephen Spielberg is an indelible record of history?
😂 ... Hey man, .. don't you know they can't sell it if they don't have the big budget Hollywood movie to affirm it all?
@@Fiveash-Art Without getting into that debate... it's just ridiculous that people feel the need to "hit you in the feels" or whatever... just teach the history, whatever.
@@Fiveash-Art It's like "Ohh you don't feel bad enough yet? Here's an emotional movie with a moving score and dramatic lighting and professional actors, I bet you feel bad now!"
@@mercster It's a religion, and Hollywood is their church ... Got to constantly remind us who the 'victim' is so you won't go around thinking about things and question who might actually be running the show. 😆
@@Fiveash-Art Pretty much.
I would confidently say Schindler's List is Spielberg's greatest achievement as a filmmaker.
Great review, but what’s up with the sound, it sounds like someone’s mowing their grass in background.
Audio fucked. Do not bother sitting though if you're annoyed already.
Liam Neeson's greatest performance.
I think so too.
i am SHOCKED that they *loved* _Wayne's World 2._ they were feeling pretty generous.
it's not exactly a great entertainment . . . though it IS entertaining. what a world!
have to agree. i get teary eyed in the end.
So... these is what reviews used to be like ah? What happened since them?! Most reviews nowadays are superficial...
This film works because it was shot in mono
Schindler’s List is a beautiful film. It’s amazing how real that film felt. It’s not exactly a film that I would want to watch many times but I absolutely respect this film.
My Favorite Steven Spielberg Movies
JAWS
Schindler's List
Saving Private Ryan
Lincoln
Close Encounters Of The Third
E.T
How could you leave out Jurassic Park?
I'd add Duel to that list. It's Spielberg's first feature film and a great one.
@@jtb1990419 It's a good movie.
@@jtb1990419 yes it is.
@@jtb1990419 Sugarland Express was his first feature
This movie by speilberg should be required watching in america. No charge no nothing's it should be for free viewing for everyone.it is one of the most important pieces of art ever created.. Plus the way it's shot and lighting is text book. I was blown away i'm not jewish but wow i was blown away how those people where treated.i had to watch it 3 times with my girlfriend who is jewish. Wow great job!!! boy am i happy i'm an american at this time in history living in the u.s.a....
Vincent Roberto then it wouldn’t make money
Required watching? I don't think so.
@Respect/Walk It never claims to be factual, the facts it provides are indeed facts, the fictional aspects are never claimed to be facts. What is important about this movie isn't how accurate it is, it's about how important it is to remind people of this horrible time period in our History, and it does that beautifully.
I saw this in the theater when it came out. It was stunning.
What colour was the sock that you recorded this with...?
Track that vcr!
Steven Spielberg has to be the MOST diverse filmmaker EVER. ET and The Color Purple. Is as different and diverse as can be. This man is a certified genius. Schindler's List is,, to me, Spielberg's greatest work. This movie is so real and tangible. To us when were born in the 50s, black and white looks better than color.
Staticky Audio unfortunately.
ugh - could have fixed the TRACKING before uploading so the audio wouldnt be so DISTORTED
Sometimes you don't really have a choice; if a tape was recorded on an older VCR and played back on a newer one, you often have tracking and audio issues. Sometimes they can be fixed by opening the VCR up and blowing the dust off the AV heads with canned air. It worked for me.
Siskel or Ebert or the BEE in this bonnet?
People should read about the film on Wikipedia and some interesting stories on you the movie was made.
I bought the dvd and I never opened it
There must have been a microphone under Roger's seat for this episode.
Schindler's list is Stephen Miller's favorite comedy movie
Liam Neeson was so great in this and to think he actually lost Best Actor to the atrocious Tom Hanks in Philadelphia. Liam makes the picture.
Liam did lose the Best Actor Oscar to Tom Hanks, who actually was very good in "Philadelphia." I wish they couid have split the vote and each have been honored. It's probably my favorite performance from Liam - it's subtle and a little distanced but without being emotionally closed. He's brilliant.
An even more controversial loss was Ralph Fiennes losing the Best Supporting Actor award to Tommy Lee Jones in "The Fugitive." Now, I liked "The Fugitive" and Tommy Lee is so good in it that he nearly stole the movie away from Harrison Ford, which is not an easy task. But if we honestly compare that performance to Ralph's work as Amon Goeth, in terms of choices, courage, insight and impact, it's frankly not close. To this day Ralph's name comes up in lists of "most notable Oscar robberies."
Schindler's List 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟
Wayne's World 2 👍🌟🌟🌟
Geronimo 👍🌟🌟🌟
I agree with the critics who say the worst part about "Schindler's List" is that it has a happy ending. How can you have a happy ending with such a savage event that the majority of people stuck in it died. I know it is based on true story but it is just a very small story in a much larger event.
I wouldn't really call the ending "happy" - and I've never bought that criticism regardless. Because Schindler's workers didn't all die, that somehow it was happy? It was a beautiful ending, but not happy.
By the logic, The Pianist was also happy because Szpilman survived and endured - even going back to playing concerts.
I would not call it a "happy" ending. It's a defiant and triumphant will to live. Watching the descendants of the Schindler Jews placing rocks on his grave in Israel is a beautiful metaphor for the survival of the Jews after so many years of genocide and discrimination around the world, not just in Germany.
David Mamet's brave and insightful review of this film goes to the heart of the matter, which Siskel and Ebert miss 100%: it's "holocaust porn" . . .
Yes 100% agree. Schindler's list is for Holocaust white belts. "It's hard to watch but I'm glad I did and it shows I'm not a Holocaust denier and it's the greatest movie ever made" is the gist of every review. Americans are satisfied with this tepid ahistorical Jewish exploitation movie because they are universally ignorant of the fact that dozens of American corporations, as well as the US govt, were both cognizant and essential to the elimination of European jewry. European filmmakers addressed this subject with courage, wit, and style but American audiences prefer the Disneyland ride of "watch the action hero save a couple yids". Shame on siskel and ebert. This movie is pablum from a master exploiter.
@@hobbes4583 Hmmm. You elaborated on my comment very effectively. Props.
@@QED_ one wonders if a real movie about the Holocaust, one where rabid anti Semite fascists like Henry Ford, Henry Luce, William randolph Hearst, Walt Disney and John foster and Alan Dulles are not exonerated thru omission, will ever be made. Doubt it.
It never occurs to them that "it's hard to watch" because it's a bad movie. The pianist isn't hard to watch...
@@hobbes4583 Don't know whether you deleted your previous posts . . . or RUclips did. Thanks in any case . . .
Jeezus! The audio is HORRIBLE 👎 👎 👎
Yes!, Schindler's List was difficult to watch.
No one:
Fuckn no one:
This video: RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
You were making out during Schindler's List?!
Not that there's anything wrong with that!
Generally speaking, I avoid sequels...anything with a number.
I haven’t watched this in years. I agree sister act 2 sucked. I like the original waaaaaay more. However I like Wayne’s world II waaaaaay more than the first. I like the first but II is waaaaaay more. I like his idea about 3
No waaaaaay!
Wow, talk about 3 very different movies. One a harrowing Holocaust drama that pulls no punches, the other two super wacky comedies.
Siskel was Jewish himself.
Wow.. wouldn't have guessed that one. 😂
Its been over 25 years since this movie played in the theaters and, sadly, there still is a large number of people who either don't know anything about this genocide or don't believe it really happened.
Yes it is sad. And, unfortunately it seems, the number of disbelievers continues to grow. Must be the times through which we are living. A very polarized period to be sure.
what genocide? and by the way the movie is based on a book that won many prizes for best fiction novel. so much about "it really happened", eh?
@@XwpisONOMA
Am I to understand that you don't belive the Holocaust to be real?
No movie has ever shown the way Indians really were. At all!
Ronnie Bishop make one or shut up
Anonymous User Well I'm writing a screen play now. Called, BURIED IN THE SKY!
It's based on a Indian lady and her life after the Battle of the Wichita's. Her name is Walking In The Morning. But you don't have to be so hateful. I don't know if you've been in pictures but they'd very hard to get done. Unless you're in the business you have no idea.
WTF with the sound, unwatchable
Interesting how off-beam this review is. It's a magnificent movie. But it's not a record, is it. It's a movie. Also, apart from some scenes, eg the Ghetto liquidation, it's not shot in documentary style. The lighting, black and white photography (and *that* splash of colour), music and even some humour are all deliberate choices to manipulate tone and produce shock and emotional reaction. And of course, that's all fine. Again, it's a fine film. But it's not a documentary.
By "documentary style", they were probably just referring to details like the following: the use of handheld cameras, the near absence of crane shots, etc..
Agreed. Incredible, emotional powerhouse of a film...
We're talking about Wayne's World 2, right?
I loved Sister Act Two, I still do the dance scenes
Why is there static sounds?
it is old
no its called VHS tracking issues