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Thursday, December 16, 2010
PERIOD 3 - "THE GREY ZONE"
This week you watched "The Grey Zone."The film chronicles the Sonderkommando's struggle to carry out the only armed revolt that would ever take place at Auschwitz.Please post your reflections about the film.
19 comments:
Patrick Bryant
said...
This film was really eye opening to me, and at times it was pretty hard to watch. It displayed the truth of the horrors that were done at Auschwitz no matter how brutal it was. There are a few scenes that will always stick with me from this movie, especially the one where the older man is putting his wife, daughter, and grandchildren into the ovens. The film couldn't have done a better job at showing how horrendous these acts were. I think this is a really good film to show to anyone who wants to learn about the death camps because it doesn't spare details to make sure people aren't uncomfortable. It gives you the whole truth and that's what was most important about this film to me.
The film "The Grey Zone" was pretty shocking for me. I always knew what happened in the death camps like Auschwitz, however it was different having to watch it. The movie was so brutal and horrifying, that it really had an impact on me. I was impressed by how the Jews in the camp revolted or attempted to even though there was slight hope to succeed. It showed their will to survive and their bravery.
I thought this movie was incredibly powerful, especially that last few minutes when the girls voice was talking about how the bodies turn into dust that float in the air and land on the workers and after a while they don’t bother to cough or brush it off because they got so used to it. It kind of emphasized that this is how the numbers got so high (deaths), because people just kept working everyday doing the same thing turning into machinery. It’s hard to believe that something this devastating and inhumane actually went on, a lot parts were hard to watch, for example when the man was putting his family into the crematory and the girl who survived the gas walking away and being shot.
I agree with Pat even though this was hard to watch the movie did a great job displaying the truth and horror of the Holocaust, it really sends a message.
After watching this movie, I think my understanding of the horrors of the Holocaust was elevated to another level. The system was a continuous machine of death, where if someone refused to do the work then they were going to find someone else to do it. The movie truely made me think what would I do if I was in that situation. If I had the chance to extend my life for a few months would I at the cost of working for the Nazis and tricking my people into a false sense of security right before they are slaughtered. To be honest I think it is a question that could never truely be answered unless you were put into that situation.
I agree with Pat about the movie telling the story of the older man who burned the dead bodies of his whole family. The true horror of the Holocaust was seen and felt in that situation.
I thought that the film "The Grey Zone" was very disturbing with the amount of executions that occurred throughout the film. I was shocked at the end of the movie when the prisoners that revolted were laid in the grass and were shot in the back of the head. This scene was very disturbing and I cannot understand how the German soldier could continue shooting each prisoner until they all were dead. This movie was able to capture all of the disturbing as well as the depressing events that ranged from the old man who had to burn his entire family to the young girl who was shot at the end of the movie when she was promised her freedom. This film was very eye opening to me and allowed me to see the truth behind the Nazi death camps.
I agree with Pat about how the film told the truth about what occurred during the death camps and how it was showed the disturbing acts of violence that was directed towards the Jews.
I also found this movie really disturbing. The continuous brutality and violence that took place at these death camps is hard to fathom. This movie did a good job of depicting how bad it really was. The pure numbers are incredibly shocking, but the inhumanity the Nazis showed is even more shocking. I found the scene with one of the main characters beating another Jew to death especially disturbing. The Nazis completely robbed the people at these camps of everything. I was glad to see that there was some revolt and some of these people paid for their actions.
This film was very shocking to me. No documentary I have ever seen about that holocaust had ever been able to make what happened to these people so vivid and realistic. You can read and see pictures, but high movie quality is the best way to represent something to an audience. I believe that it was correct that the movie directors didn't hold back because some scene may have been too gruesome. Like Pat, I agree that this movie is a great film for anyone looking for the truth in which nothing is fabricated.
That was one of the most difficult things I've ever had to watch, but it was certainly attention-catching. Anyone who watched even 10 minutes of this would probably be paying rapt attention to the film. Not only did it display a new side of the death camps / Auschwitz that we didn't see before, but the film also did a good job at making the film as real as possible to the viewer. It's scary that the entire film was based on someone's first-hand account...
Like Kelsey, I too was horrified by the things I saw in the movie. However, I was proud of the 12th Sonderkommando's attempts to carry out a revolt. They were the only group that attempted it, and I was surprised as to how much hope and determination they had to destroy the furnace buildings.
The Grey Zone was an extremely powerful movie. It was exciting, saddening, and informative at the same time. After the movie ended I felt both disappointed but also very proud of the prisoners. This year I have learned about two uprisings that I had not known about before. I have a new respect for Jewish people not only because of the tragedies they have been through but also the bravery they showcased. This film accurately depicted the atrocities that took place at Auschwitz. This film didn't censor any details which is why it was so interesting.
This film was very graphic and showed every detail in the camps. What happened at Auschwitz almost can't be put into words. The brutality is unbelievable and the Nazis did not care at all about human life. The entire movie was disturbing and anyone who sees this film could easily be affected.
I agree with Pat that it was hard to watch and the fact that it is the truth is disturbing.
i thought this movie was very disturbing in the sense that it showed everything that occurred at Auschwitz. i appreciated how the film showed everything that happened there leaving out no details. there are many scenes from this movie that i will always remember. this was an extremely powerful and moving movie.
Undoubtedly one of the most disturbing movies I've watched. I'm glad I didn't see it all at once. I was glad I could stop and try to absorb what was happening to the prisoners. The men in the film were victims who desperately tried to not be victimizers as well. They lived and died in the grey area. They struggled not just to survive but to justify the means they were using to survive.
That movie just was shocking. I couldn't stop talking about it for the rest of the day. The fact that it was so historically acurate and so well made just got a hold of me. I still can't believe what these poor people had to go through. Great movie
This film was extremly hard for me to watch especially when the girl was killed in the end. it showed how cruel and heartless the nazi's really were. throughout the whole movie theres such hope for this girl that survived the gas and in the end she is still killed, it was almost too much for me. the revolt didnt end up working but the whole time the prisioners are there they atleast have a plan to escape which gives them hope.
I agree with pat in that I thought it was an important movie to watch. It told a historically accurate story with gruesome detail. The people at auschwitz showed great courage and strength. This movie did a great job of reenacting these horrific parts of our past.
What really amazes me about this movie is that the knowledge of this revolt is limited if known about at all. It really gives a great view on the death camps in a modern day film. What also really captured me was at the end of the movie it didn't make the revolt seem like it was such a success for the jews who were involved and even for those who weren't, that to me shows how accurate the movie was. Also, the description of the camps and what different people in the camps went through. It showed all people in the camps suffered, but also it showed how each one of them suffered differently and how they teamed up to try and revolt.
I agree with Kelsey when she says that the movie was horrifying. But because it was so horrific, it was able to do a very good job at portraying what it was like then, especially in a modern day film.
This film will leave a lasting image in my mind for a very long time. The selflessness some of the prisoners portrayed was truly admirable and showed how they had to work together in these unreal situations.
I agree with Shane that this did a very good job showing the realness of theses brutalities.
I though tthe film that we watched the other day was in fact quite shocking, I couldn't believe what the Germans had done. What I found gruesome and horrifying also kept me intrested becasue for a second I though theat the two men in the end would survive, but that was what I only wanted to happen. I though tthis film although hard to watch was in fact a great film, it really portrayed the feeling of the holocaust.
This film was very disturbing and hard to watch. During the movie I looked around the class at peoples' faces and could easily see the distraught and sadness in their expressions as they watched. The story of the old man who loaded his dead wife, daughter, and grandson into the ovens was one of the hardest parts of the movie to watch. One of the most shocking scenes was when one of the workers beat a Jew to death over a watch as they herded them into the death chambers. There were many times when I found myself shaking my head in disbelief as I watched the horrific events that occurred in the movie.
19 comments:
This film was really eye opening to me, and at times it was pretty hard to watch. It displayed the truth of the horrors that were done at Auschwitz no matter how brutal it was. There are a few scenes that will always stick with me from this movie, especially the one where the older man is putting his wife, daughter, and grandchildren into the ovens. The film couldn't have done a better job at showing how horrendous these acts were. I think this is a really good film to show to anyone who wants to learn about the death camps because it doesn't spare details to make sure people aren't uncomfortable. It gives you the whole truth and that's what was most important about this film to me.
The film "The Grey Zone" was pretty shocking for me. I always knew what happened in the death camps like Auschwitz, however it was different having to watch it. The movie was so brutal and horrifying, that it really had an impact on me. I was impressed by how the Jews in the camp revolted or attempted to even though there was slight hope to succeed. It showed their will to survive and their bravery.
I thought this movie was incredibly powerful, especially that last few minutes when the girls voice was talking about how the bodies turn into dust that float in the air and land on the workers and after a while they don’t bother to cough or brush it off because they got so used to it. It kind of emphasized that this is how the numbers got so high (deaths), because people just kept working everyday doing the same thing turning into machinery. It’s hard to believe that something this devastating and inhumane actually went on, a lot parts were hard to watch, for example when the man was putting his family into the crematory and the girl who survived the gas walking away and being shot.
I agree with Pat even though this was hard to watch the movie did a great job displaying the truth and horror of the Holocaust, it really sends a message.
After watching this movie, I think my understanding of the horrors of the Holocaust was elevated to another level. The system was a continuous machine of death, where if someone refused to do the work then they were going to find someone else to do it. The movie truely made me think what would I do if I was in that situation. If I had the chance to extend my life for a few months would I at the cost of working for the Nazis and tricking my people into a false sense of security right before they are slaughtered. To be honest I think it is a question that could never truely be answered unless you were put into that situation.
I agree with Pat about the movie telling the story of the older man who burned the dead bodies of his whole family. The true horror of the Holocaust was seen and felt in that situation.
I thought that the film "The Grey Zone" was very disturbing with the amount of executions that occurred throughout the film. I was shocked at the end of the movie when the prisoners that revolted were laid in the grass and were shot in the back of the head. This scene was very disturbing and I cannot understand how the German soldier could continue shooting each prisoner until they all were dead. This movie was able to capture all of the disturbing as well as the depressing events that ranged from the old man who had to burn his entire family to the young girl who was shot at the end of the movie when she was promised her freedom. This film was very eye opening to me and allowed me to see the truth behind the Nazi death camps.
I agree with Pat about how the film told the truth about what occurred during the death camps and how it was showed the disturbing acts of violence that was directed towards the Jews.
I also found this movie really disturbing. The continuous brutality and violence that took place at these death camps is hard to fathom. This movie did a good job of depicting how bad it really was. The pure numbers are incredibly shocking, but the inhumanity the Nazis showed is even more shocking. I found the scene with one of the main characters beating another Jew to death especially disturbing. The Nazis completely robbed the people at these camps of everything. I was glad to see that there was some revolt and some of these people paid for their actions.
This film was very shocking to me. No documentary I have ever seen about that holocaust had ever been able to make what happened to these people so vivid and realistic. You can read and see pictures, but high movie quality is the best way to represent something to an audience. I believe that it was correct that the movie directors didn't hold back because some scene may have been too gruesome. Like Pat, I agree that this movie is a great film for anyone looking for the truth in which nothing is fabricated.
That was one of the most difficult things I've ever had to watch, but it was certainly attention-catching. Anyone who watched even 10 minutes of this would probably be paying rapt attention to the film. Not only did it display a new side of the death camps / Auschwitz that we didn't see before, but the film also did a good job at making the film as real as possible to the viewer. It's scary that the entire film was based on someone's first-hand account...
Like Kelsey, I too was horrified by the things I saw in the movie. However, I was proud of the 12th Sonderkommando's attempts to carry out a revolt. They were the only group that attempted it, and I was surprised as to how much hope and determination they had to destroy the furnace buildings.
The Grey Zone was an extremely powerful movie. It was exciting, saddening, and informative at the same time. After the movie ended I felt both disappointed but also very proud of the prisoners. This year I have learned about two uprisings that I had not known about before. I have a new respect for Jewish people not only because of the tragedies they have been through but also the bravery they showcased. This film accurately depicted the atrocities that took place at Auschwitz. This film didn't censor any details which is why it was so interesting.
This film was very graphic and showed every detail in the camps. What happened at Auschwitz almost can't be put into words. The brutality is unbelievable and the Nazis did not care at all about human life. The entire movie was disturbing and anyone who sees this film could easily be affected.
I agree with Pat that it was hard to watch and the fact that it is the truth is disturbing.
i thought this movie was very disturbing in the sense that it showed everything that occurred at Auschwitz. i appreciated how the film showed everything that happened there leaving out no details. there are many scenes from this movie that i will always remember. this was an extremely powerful and moving movie.
Undoubtedly one of the most disturbing movies I've watched. I'm glad I didn't see it all at once. I was glad I could stop and try to absorb what was happening to the prisoners. The men in the film were victims who desperately tried to not be victimizers as well. They lived and died in the grey area. They struggled not just to survive but to justify the means they were using to survive.
That movie just was shocking. I couldn't stop talking about it for the rest of the day. The fact that it was so historically acurate and so well made just got a hold of me. I still can't believe what these poor people had to go through. Great movie
This film was extremly hard for me to watch especially when the girl was killed in the end. it showed how cruel and heartless the nazi's really were. throughout the whole movie theres such hope for this girl that survived the gas and in the end she is still killed, it was almost too much for me. the revolt didnt end up working but the whole time the prisioners are there they atleast have a plan to escape which gives them hope.
I agree with pat in that I thought it was an important movie to watch. It told a historically accurate story with gruesome detail. The people at auschwitz showed great courage and strength. This movie did a great job of reenacting these horrific parts of our past.
What really amazes me about this movie is that the knowledge of this revolt is limited if known about at all. It really gives a great view on the death camps in a modern day film. What also really captured me was at the end of the movie it didn't make the revolt seem like it was such a success for the jews who were involved and even for those who weren't, that to me shows how accurate the movie was. Also, the description of the camps and what different people in the camps went through. It showed all people in the camps suffered, but also it showed how each one of them suffered differently and how they teamed up to try and revolt.
I agree with Kelsey when she says that the movie was horrifying. But because it was so horrific, it was able to do a very good job at portraying what it was like then, especially in a modern day film.
This film will leave a lasting image in my mind for a very long time. The selflessness some of the prisoners portrayed was truly admirable and showed how they had to work together in these unreal situations.
I agree with Shane that this did a very good job showing the realness of theses brutalities.
I though tthe film that we watched the other day was in fact quite shocking, I couldn't believe what the Germans had done. What I found gruesome and horrifying also kept me intrested becasue for a second I though theat the two men in the end would survive, but that was what I only wanted to happen. I though tthis film although hard to watch was in fact a great film, it really portrayed the feeling of the holocaust.
This film was very disturbing and hard to watch. During the movie I looked around the class at peoples' faces and could easily see the distraught and sadness in their expressions as they watched. The story of the old man who loaded his dead wife, daughter, and grandson into the ovens was one of the hardest parts of the movie to watch. One of the most shocking scenes was when one of the workers beat a Jew to death over a watch as they herded them into the death chambers. There were many times when I found myself shaking my head in disbelief as I watched the horrific events that occurred in the movie.
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