I an unable to comment on the American post war boom-town scenes, and hadn't realised how opulent post war New York was compared to bombed out and ruined Europe
Only one reviewer above has seen thro all the glitzy schmaltz of the reviews to say that Auschwitz was an extermination camp. I have similar difficulties with my father as a British POW and people say "Oh he was in a Death Camp, how did he survive ?" the short answer is that he wasn't. But from the preconceptions it makes having a meaningful conversation difficult.
I have to say I found most of the scenes unbelievable. I think more should have been made that this was a collection of peoples memories, each with a different message. I was in similar difficulties with The Pianist, where I thought some scenes were obviously true and some obviously untrue
From the allegations made by the survivors, I thought there was a case for Dr Perl to answer. This film is probably not a vehicle for an adequate answer.
Only one reviewer above has seen thro all the glitzy schmaltz of the reviews to say that Auschwitz was an extermination camp. I have similar difficulties with my father as a British POW and people say "Oh he was in a Death Camp, how did he survive ?" the short answer is that he wasn't. But from the preconceptions it makes having a meaningful conversation difficult.
I have to say I found most of the scenes unbelievable. I think more should have been made that this was a collection of peoples memories, each with a different message. I was in similar difficulties with The Pianist, where I thought some scenes were obviously true and some obviously untrue
From the allegations made by the survivors, I thought there was a case for Dr Perl to answer. This film is probably not a vehicle for an adequate answer.