Friday, December 30, 2005

Schindler's List

What an amazing movie! It took me so long to watch this one. It was released in 1993 and I have watched it only after a dozen years. Too bad. I must have been preparing for JEE at that time, when Spielberg churned out this masterpiece. Pretty much the whole movie is in black and white and that sets the right mood. Secondly, you don't want to see blood and the gore Jews were subjected to, during world war, in color. It was a very touching movie as well, but of course, Spielberg knew how exactly balance everything. Making movies has to be his second nature. The other joke is that he also managed to direct and release Jurassic Park in the same year! Who else could have done this?

Schindler's list won him an academy award. He has won it for Saving Private Ryan also. He somehow seems to have a flair for all these war movies, portrayal of violence, etc. He was born in Ohio and is now a billionaire. He has pretty much lived for Hollywood. He started a few production companies and has produced more movies as well. Apparently six of the all time blockbusters were directed by Spielberg. His latest movie is now out - Munich. I haven't watched that. Will have to do so.

I am always tempted to read the biographies of such successful and famous people. Spielberg started shooting amateur movies when he was still a teenager, they say. What's up with all this? That just simply means that the environment around him was just right so that he could become one of the all time best directors in the whole world. His parents must have been very encouraging. His friends must have encouraged him as well. I'm sure so many factors came into play in forming and moulding him into becoming a fine director.

Do the other planets feel jealous of Earth 'cause it has all the life forms? May be! Who knows. Mars is almost at the edge of the region which can allow for life forms to evolve. For Earth, it was a case of so many unique things coming together - like a big big coincidence. The distance from Sun, presence of water, moderate temperature, the mass, the size, gravity, etc - everything played a role in making it the blue planet as seen from the space. May be the evolution of all the successful people needs conditions like this. Lot of things coming together positively towards a noble cause. What can the others do? Imagine the amount of positive feedback needed to raise a ohio-born kid to levels of success which no other director can imagine achieving. I am sure his personality also suited very well to this, but still. I get carried away by such people and such movies. All those who worked on that movie must have felt very special. Creativity is abundant. Some people know how exactly to find it within themselves that they don't even realize it!

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