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Stuart G

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Sat Oct 13, 2018, 11:54 PM Oct 2018

Movie Question for all. What is the most powerful movie you ever saw? [View all]

Last edited Sun Oct 14, 2018, 01:04 AM - Edit history (6)

not the most fun,
not the funniest,
not the best drama,
not the best directed,
not the sweetest,
not the saddest,
not the best animated,

not the best music,
not the most famous
not the most academy awards
not the best acting,
not the worst acting...
etc, etc........................THE MOST POWERFUL MOVIE ...that you ever saw...

Warning: If you do not want to feel sad, please do not read my post... while it is truth to me, it is also very sad...Please read the other posts in this thread..thank you...Stuart

Mine is very simple...Night and Fog.
32 minutes of living hell............................... This is my review from IMBD (Internet Movie Data Base)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048434/

(a documentary on the holocaust) I wrote this 14 years ago, and still believe it is true. If you go to this film at IMBD, most other reviewers say exactly the same thing, so powerful, it is in a class by itself.....and totally true..


10/10
The Most Powerful Film Ever Made
stuartpiles16 November 2004


If you want to describe or give your audience a feeling for the holocaust, or "Man's Inhumanity To Man", then this is the vehicle to use..Show it..be warned, it is so powerful, that you will never forget what you see, neither will any of your viewers..It is impossible to describe, intermixing l955 footage of Auchwitz Concentration Camp, with captured Nazi footage which the allies found at the end of the war, and the scenes of American and British troops liberating the camps...In French, with English subtitles.. and scenes that are unforgettable and horrific. Even the sad music of death from this film plays in my ears, and I have not seen it in 15 years. Once you hear it, you will know.

This is the one to show if you want people to understand the truth of what happened and the reason for its reaction in today's current events....It is shocking in a special way. I showed it to my classes. Students were warned, and told what was coming, they said it would be "nothing" By the end some were crying and moaning in horror...

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The Pawnbroker. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #1
I will second that rurallib Oct 2018 #18
That one was heavy. I was in college when I saw it, was depressed for days after. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2018 #19
Yup. dhol82 Oct 2018 #33
Z dem4decades Oct 2018 #2
I have heard about "Z" but when it came out, in 69, I thought it was too much for me. Stuart G Oct 2018 #4
For me: Schindler's List. CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2018 #3
I have to agree with you. Rhiannon12866 Oct 2018 #20
I think that would be right up there with me. smirkymonkey Oct 2018 #62
made me physically ill nauseous and a headache yeah it was so intense. mucifer Oct 2018 #63
Life is Beautiful... SKKY Oct 2018 #5
Probably "Two Women" TreasonousBastard Oct 2018 #6
Sophie's Choice Talitha Oct 2018 #7
I couldn't think of what it was until I saw your post. Yes, definitely. nt LAS14 Oct 2018 #30
Good Choice ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #43
Original Night of the Living Dead Basic LA Oct 2018 #8
Clockwork Orange, and then Sophie's Choice. nt Nay Oct 2018 #9
Safety Not Guaranteed (fantastic! powerful movie) mysteryowl Oct 2018 #10
I want to see that! red dog 1 Oct 2018 #11
Probably "Fire in the Sky" red dog 1 Oct 2018 #12
Probably "If" DFW Oct 2018 #13
Soldier Blue Totally Tunsie Oct 2018 #14
"Sand Creek Indian Massacre" ...I didn't know there was a film about that. horrific event.. Stuart G Oct 2018 #48
Consider yourself forewarned, Stuart G., if you decide to somehow see this film. Totally Tunsie Oct 2018 #50
The Color Purple and Philadelphia backtoblue Oct 2018 #15
Shoah kwassa Oct 2018 #16
Yep. OilemFirchen Oct 2018 #17
Dances with Wolves Little Star Oct 2018 #21
Tough choices, but I have a couple of references... Wounded Bear Oct 2018 #22
Breaker Morant Was GREAT! ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #44
The Whistleblower flibbitygiblets Oct 2018 #23
2001: A Space Odyssey bif Oct 2018 #24
Synecdoche, New York skypilot Oct 2018 #25
Schindler's List. n/t TygrBright Oct 2018 #26
That is mine too. onecaliberal Oct 2018 #56
Most recent would be mikeysnot Oct 2018 #27
Schindler's List redstatebluegirl Oct 2018 #28
Agree Raven123 Oct 2018 #52
Saving Private Ryan centrarchus Oct 2018 #29
Black Orpheus. Modern retelling of Orpheus myth, set in Sao Paulo. Saw in 60s bobbieinok Oct 2018 #31
The last five minutes of Rustynaerduwell Oct 2018 #32
I would agree. While the documentary "Night and Fog" was number 1, this is a close number 2. Stuart G Oct 2018 #39
Osama comes to mind Kurt V. Oct 2018 #34
Schindler's List and Requiem for a dream. dewsgirl Oct 2018 #35
Ordinary People. Sneederbunk Oct 2018 #36
Schindler's List ghostsinthemachine Oct 2018 #37
Oh god, you are right. It was beautifully done but SO sad! The theme music was wonderful but CTyankee Oct 2018 #40
"Chinatown" (nt) Paladin Oct 2018 #38
Movie enid602 Oct 2018 #41
Saving Privat Ryan jrandom421 Oct 2018 #42
Just To Add, Since Nobody Mentioned Them ProfessorGAC Oct 2018 #45
It's difficult to choose only one movie Niagara Oct 2018 #46
Schindler's List MountainMama Oct 2018 #47
The Ox-Bow Incident. (n/t) Iggo Oct 2018 #49
Killing Dogs Moostache Oct 2018 #51
BOBBY jodymarie aimee Oct 2018 #53
Blue Jasmine or Twelve Years a Slave JDC Oct 2018 #54
The Accused was very powerful Raven123 Oct 2018 #55
Henry V (1989) Kenneth Branagh and Derek Jacobi justhanginon Oct 2018 #57
The Deer Hunter eom Sedona Oct 2018 #58
Caine Mutiny.. Permanut Oct 2018 #59
more than one OregonBlue Oct 2018 #60
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Oct 2018 #61
"Inherit the Wind" (1960) Number9Dream Oct 2018 #64
"Schindler's List" Turin_C3PO Oct 2018 #65
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