directed by Steven Spielberg
USA 1993
I suspect that this will be remembered as Steven Spielberg's greatest cinematic achievement. Known for his ability to fill the seats and the studio's safes, Mr. Spielberg's real contribution to Hollywood is his ability to bring together the correct grouping of individuals in order to fulfill the large scale projects that he undertakes. I imagine this must be a fearsomely awesome task of organization and thought. Janusz Kaminski’s cinematography so adeptly portrays an homage to the film-like feel of 1940's footage that I would rate this an incredibly large factor in this films success. Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley and Ralph Fiennes are debatably the best in their profession. It would be very hard to criticize the story, but regardless the performances definitely carry the film. Much a Spielberg's films are seen as buoyant fluff with masterful marketing plans, but here is side-step away. I still envision the monolith Hollywood seducing mechanisms always being in sight, just, relatively, paced a tiny bit slower for Schindler's List... and for me this is a good thing.
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Theatrical Release: December 1st, 1993 - New York City, New York (Premiere)
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DVD Review: Universal Studios (DVD18) - Region 1 - NTSC
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| Distribution | Universal Studios - Region 1 - NTSC | |
| Runtime | 2:13:32 + 1:17:21 = 3:30:53 (total) | |
| Video | 1.78:1
Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 7.99 mb/s (Side 1) + 5.92 mb/s (Side 2) NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
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| Audio | English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (5.1 DTS ES), French (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1) | |
| Subtitles | English, Spanish, French, None | |
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Edition Details: • About Oskar Schindler (text screens) • Cast and Filmmakers (text screens)
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I have trouble believing that Universal couldn't squeeze this film onto one side of a DVD 9. I suspect the audio choices are the culprit and I would have preferred two different DVD packages, which consumer's with sound preferences could decide upon. It may very well be possible that the extensively long Extras featurette "Voices From the List" has a much greater chance of being viewed if on the same side as the ending of the film. So this may be why the decision was made and part of the reason it was so delayed in coming out.
The image - has great
contrast, but is slightly weaker than my expectation. Sharpness is there
for the foreground but lacking and quite hazy everywhere else. I realize
that this is the manner is which the film was shot, but I suspect
something better could have been arranged in the transference to Digital
Versatile Disc. The audio is correspondingly a bit on the 'less than
perfect' side - dynamic at some times, but flat in others - I noted both
tracks as having some very slight inconsistencies. This is still a great
disc, don't get me wrong - just a shade less than I had desired. The
Extras are informative and extremely well done. I can't really see too
many overly picky reasons why someone wouldn't want this DVD, if they
enjoyed the film. |
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