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On December 7, at an official White House press conference, President William Clinton, who just took office this year, cheered to the media after a routine interview, "I just finished watching a movie last week. A very good work, unforgettable to this day, I urge you to see this film, 'Schindler's List'."
Obviously, the social hotspots that have been raging in the past three weeks have also become the focus of the president's desktop. Clinton also took the initiative to walk into the movie theater to watch the movie, and expressed his positive support for the movie. This also pushed the whole event to an almost insurmountable climax - even the president paid attention to it, it can be said that the whole of the United States paid attention, and the news media in all fields will never let this hot spot go, even Wall Street financial media.
Just after Clinton expressed his support for "Schindler's List", less than six hours later, the National Jewish Association, which has been in the whirlpool of public opinion, also issued an official statement expressing its position.
"Mr. Steven Spielberg's work is great and fair, and we must applaud him for his breadth of heart and nuanced point of view. This is undoubtedly a film that is especially important to the Jewish people. Recent rumors The claim that the film glorifies the Nazis is untrue, unreliable, and an insult to the film. Here, the National Jewish Association specifically issued a statement expressing its support for Mr. Steven Spielberg .
In addition, Mr. Hugo Lancaster, as a Jew, bears the torment of his conscience and the torment of his soul, and has done his actor work brilliantly, which is undoubtedly great. Respect and admiration for Mr. Lancaster's work. "
Within 12 hours of the National Jewish Association's statement, the extremist Jewish group's second round of march proposals was withdrawn, and all opposition died in an instant, as if it had never happened. Jesse Jacobs, who had been active in the news media before, also disappeared directly.
In fact, this is not surprising. The direct reason why this incident caused a strong reaction from extreme Jewish groups is that they do not want to see any potential glorification of the Nazis, even if it is just speculation, it turns out that it is not, and especially Qi The Germund-Bauman paper undoubtedly explained the whole situation quite well, so they naturally had no grudges.
The underlying reason is that they want to fight for more rights and interests for Jews. After all, the situation of Jews in the United States is still not very good. Many colleges and universities are still despised because of their Jewish blood. . Ties)” involved such a plot, the quarterback who won the intercollegiate football game for the school was discriminated against because of his Jewish heritage, and his life was in a dilemma. This is the situation of the Jewish people in the United States now.
Although the Jews have won a certain position, in the bones of American culture, they still despise Jews. As long as something happens, it is still the Jews who are discriminated against and treated differently!
Therefore, they must seize this opportunity to make everyone aware of the unity of the Jewish people, and the Jewish people will never compromise easily. But now, even the president has stood up to speak for "Schindler's List", which also shows that the Jewish community has received enough attention.
Under such a double effect, the National Jewish Association issued a statement, and the extremist group also subsided.
Although it seems that the public opinion storm this time is an unsolvable problem, due to the political interests involved, the solution of the matter is often quiet and unexpected. As a result, things were completely settled at an unexpected turning point. Right and wrong have been judged. Even if there are still people who still insist on their own views, in the general direction, those rumors and sewage have dissipated. Gives "Schindler's List" an innocence.
After this turmoil, Jewish groups gave full support to "Schindler's List", and people's discussion of "Schindler's List" became more and more heated. Below, people began to dig out the profound meaning of the film, especially the contradictions and conflicts in Amon Goss, which is how people react in the context of war. Sigismund even boldly made the inference: In fact, this kind of massacre may continue to break out, which has caused countless sociologists, political scientists, and psychologists to stand up and discuss.
The facts of the future also proved Sigismund's conjecture to be correct, and just five months later, in April 1994, Rwanda broke out in an inhumane genocide.
This heated discussion also digs deeper into the connotation of "Schindler's List", and unexpectedly, the film's reputation has climbed to a higher level. You must know that war-themed works are never so easy to shoot successfully, and "Schindler's List" is undoubtedly a huge victory, and the film's excavation of the entire war and the entire human nature is also commendable. Steven Within the space of time, he has dedicated a work with such a high degree of completion to people, which is indeed worthy of people's infinite praise.
For film critics, in addition to being more interested in the theme of the film, they also have a new understanding of the splendor of Hugo's performance.
In fact, it is not difficult to act a devil, but it is not so simple to make this devil full of intricate charm. The most direct example is "Silence of the Lambs". After watching the movie, many viewers were frightened by Dr. Hannibal, but they were full of praise for Anthony Hopkins' performance. It was clear that he was in a cold sweat, but no one could deny the charm of Dr. Hannibal. This has directly spawned many derivative dramas about Hannibal. In 2013, a TV series "Hannibal (Hannibal)" appeared, which shows the charm of this cannibal demon.
Perhaps in Amon Goss, Hugo's charm is not as calm and temperament as Hannibal's, but there is no doubt about that moving charm. Many film critics have expressed their opinions one after another, believing that Hugo has injected unimaginable connotation and depth into the character, and his performance is amazing in terms of delicacy, depth, fidelity, and aftertaste.
In the film "Schindler's List", the real protagonist is actually a suffering Jew, and in person, then Schindler, Goss and Stein are the focus. Dele's role is almost throughout, and he has become the biggest hero in the entire plot. Steven, out of the color of American personal heroism, also wrote a lot about Schindler, especially the last crying scene, which was criticized by many film critics as too sensational and too flattering, and also an important scene to test Liam Neeson .
But relatively speaking, the character of Goss, who burst out with infinite charm in a limited space, has become the most thrilling bright color in the black and white color of the movie. Hugo's performance was not only acclaimed as one of the best performances of his career, it was also considered one of the most outstanding performances of 1993.
This is a very interesting phenomenon. After being criticized and arguing together, Hugo has ushered in his highest achievement since the Golden Raspberry Award, which is very worth pondering.
Tracy did not expect that the development of the incident would reach such a level! At first things went well. First, the negative news of Hugo's alcoholism, although it was clarified, still caused negative news; the subsequent glorification of Nazi suspicions also caused Jewish groups to explode, not only held marches, but also detonated. discussion in society as a whole. Everything went according to Tracy's planned trajectory.
Because Tracy used conspiracy this time, and there were no secret tricks, she made reasonable use of people's guesses and speculations. The crew of "Schindler's List" must respond positively, and there is no room for detours. Therefore, Tracy easily achieved her goal, and won a very favorable position for "Farewell to Sentient Heaven".
But who knows, first Mike Nichols gave her a warning, and the crew of "Farewell to the Sentient Days" also criticized her; then countless sociologists stood up to speak for "Schindler's List", and finally It actually attracted the attention of the president, so much so that the entire public opinion moved to create momentum for "Schindler's List" in an instant.
This time, Tracy's conspiracy was directly defeated. As a result, not only did it not bring down "Schindler's List", but it added fuel to the fiery movie. This is really... suffocating!
First, the two weeks of box office sales were directly overtaken by "Schindler's List", and then the conspiracy failed, and Tracy was simply stunned. Is the rise of Hugo really irreversible?
Judging from the current trend, this is indeed the case!
After "Schindler's List" rode the wind and waves in this public opinion controversy and ushered in a new peak of praise, the box office also created incredible results with this shareholder wind.
Due to the focus of social hotspots, almost all media are discussing "Schindler's List", so whether they like it or hate it, the audience will become curious and go into the cinema to watch the movie, hoping that they can also join the hot discussion. middle. This also makes the excellent box office results created by "Schindler's List" during the screening period continue along with the expansion!
In the first week, the box office broke a record of 90,000 US dollars, and the next week, after winning the box office of 4 million US dollars in the weekend, on the weekend of the third week of the release, Hugo was drinking heavily and the "Farewell to Love" crew conspiracy theory Driven by the promotion of "Schindler's List", "Schindler's List" was further expanded in 150 theaters. The scale of expansion continued the previous cautiousness. As a result, it continued the box office of last Thursday's $40,000 in a single theater. , Crazy grabbed $6 million over the weekend and climbed to the runner-up position in this week's North American weekend box office chart with the momentum of falling below everyone's glasses, just behind the "Slim Dad" who won the championship.
This kind of momentum is undoubtedly jaw-dropping. "Schindler's List" not only has the upper hand in public opinion, but the box office performance also shows a terrifying momentum. Relatively speaking, the box office of "Farewell to the Love of Love" plummeted this week. It only earned $1 million at the box office, and it won $11.5 million at the box office within five weeks of its release. Even the book cost is 15 million. They all seem so close and so far.
It can be said that "Schindler's List" has achieved an all-round victory. But in fact, this is just the beginning. The second week of December, which kicked off on December 6th, is the beginning of the second week of December, with the attention of "Today" and "Good Morning America", the example of President William Clinton, the National Jewish Association 's statement pushed this social focus to a climax, and the box office of "Schindler's List" in the fourth week of release also ushered in a blowout!