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10 Worst Holocaust Movie Trends
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"There are those who think it’s time for a moratorium on Holocaust movies, and there are those who stand by the belief that there won’t be enough until there’s been 6 million produced and released. As of 2003, we were up to at least 442 titles, according to Annette Insdorf’s book Indelible Shadows. And due to last year’s boom of Holocaust-related features, it seems as though Insdorf could easily add another 100 more to the list in her next edition. But there’s no need to put an end to Holocaust films, anymore than there’s a need to cease making any genre of movie. A good film is a good film, no matter if it’s set in a concentration camp, features Nazis or merely alludes to the Shoah. And a bad movie is a bad movie, an exploitative movie is an exploitative movie and Oscar bait is Oscar bait. Beginning this Tuesday, when The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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Black Book, aka Zwartboek (2006)
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"Black Book, aka Zwartboek (2006) IMDB Black Book is a gritty tale of intrigue set in Holland during World War II. Director Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct, Robocop) pulls no punches here, and the result is a really, really good picture.A young Jewish girl, Rachel Stein (Carice van Houten) finds herself without a hiding place after an Allied bomber ditches its load on her barn. She ends up on the run with the help of an old family friend, but things take a turn for the worse as the entire group of Jews she is with gets gunned down by the Nazis. She joins the Dutch resistance, and infiltrates the local Nazi headquarters as a secretary to one of the chi "
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Black Book
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"Paul Verhoeven - 2006On the heels of Starship Troopers I ventured through this and it took me three nights to do so because of various distractions. My feelings are that this is certainly his premier film, his 6th feature after RoboCop (filmed in my home town of Dallas). It is interesting to see (and perhaps poll?) directors' finest efforts six to seven films in. Watch the "making of." Verhoeven has an irresistable love of the medium and the energy of a first time director.The female leads in the film are outstanding. Carice van Houten and Halina Reign brilliantly capture the desperate attempt to stay alive using sexuality and male manipulation. In this sense, Verhoeven gives Camille Paglia a run for her money and solidifies himself as a Dutch feminist.The production value of the second act is weak and is the only hint at the relatively small budget that Verhoeven had on the picture – it does play like a weak Sunday night television thriller.This stands among the best o ... "
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"Black Book (2006) is in Dutch, German, English, Hebrew, and probably something else, so turn on the subtitles to follow this excellent WWII Dutch Resistance drama. Black Book is director Paul Verhoeven’s first major film since leaving Hollywood and his string of big budget entertainments. He seems to have put everything into this project. There is a palpable sense of being there more than 60 years ago, so I imagine the period detail is spot-on. Surprise follows surprise, a gripping experience that makes the 2-plus hours go fast. The surprises are not just plot twists, although there are plenty of those. The main character is not some heroic macho man and leader of the Dutch underground, but, surprise, a Jewish night-club singer, Rachel Stein (Carice van Houten), whose original desire was simply to escape. When she "
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This Black Book Is Worth A Peek
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"What can I say; Paul Verhooven has proven me wrong. How, you may ask? Because he’s probably the only director with enough guts to make this kind of film. And in doing so has shown that he commands cinema like a fierce conductor; without fear or limit. I had to remind myself that this is the man behind Basic Instinct, Hollow Man, and Showgirls. He has also done RoboCop, Total Recall, and The 4th Victim, which were not bad. But nothing prepared me for Black Book, an absolutely brilliant film that dares us to hold on for dear life and gives us a story that challenges as well as entertains.The film starts off in the 50s in a small town in Israel. A bus full of Dutch tourists stop for a quick spell. A woman from that group recognizes a woman who lives there. It turns out they knew each other from The War. The rest of the film is in flashback to the war, but this scene is important for several reasons, the biggest is to assure the audience that no matter what happens in the film, t ... "
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Spectacular
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"This movie is great. It is the story of a Dutch Jewish girl surviving in Holland in 1944. She joins the resistance in an effort to find out who killed her family. The acting is great, it's sexy, and it's absolutely riveting. I would highly recommend seeing it. "
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BLACK BOOK
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"7/10. To me, 8+ would qualify for "loved it". I like Paul Verhoeven, and I root for him to make quality films. He doesn't always make a great flick, but he often has flashes of greatness. Total Recall & Robocop are required viewing for any sci-fi fan, but obviously not in the same filmmaking universe as Black Book. Basic Instinct was a very good murder mystery that comes closest in feel to BB -- its moral ambiguity and passion (both good and evil) are central themes.Calling BB an epic is a stretch for me, unless you're just referring to the 2 1/2 hour running time. An epic is a movie that successfully captures viewers for the duration of a journey, while richly establishing characters. I thought the characters were rich and the acting superb, but the story let me down just a smidge. I'd definitely recommend it for the non-squeamish, but I'm not buying it. Don't take my squeamish warning lightly! There are a few brutal scenes in here. "
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"this story about a beautiful Dutch/Jewish woman who joins the Resistance during WW II is exciting and very entertaining but i've seen it compared to Schindler's List and that is stretching it a little! it's pretty much a slick soap-operish movie using the war as a backdrop and i thought it had a few too many twists and double-crosses to be credible. i loved the Nazi hunk who she falls for but, although i was willing to go with the flow, that whole storyline really was impossible. maybe if he was just a German officer, but the head of the Gestapo? i don't think so! anyway, Carice VanHouten and Sebastian Koch were wonderful and i'm looking forward to seeing them in the future (i agree she'd be a great Bond girl)! "
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Exciting and Emotional
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"You have to marvel at a movie that has you rooting for the beautiful Jewish girl to run away with the nice SS officer. Black Book is exciting from beginning to end, and Carice van Houten is mesmerizing. Even though it has caused controversy, I appreciated the fact that the movie presented a grey morality for both the Nazis and the Resistance. The ending was a punch that I did not expect. "
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