Manchel, Frank “Mishegoss: Schindler’s List, Holocaust Representation, and Film History.” Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television 18.3 (1998): 431-436. MLA International Bibliography. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2009.
Bernstein, Michael André “The Schindler’s List Effect.” The American Scholar 63.3 (1994): 429-432. MLA International Bibliography. EBSCO. Web. 15 Nov. 2009.
I chose the following articles concerning Schindler’s List for the following reasons. Manchel’s essay highlights multiple articles concerning the film and its reception. The article contributes to my discussion on artifice by listing peoples main concern with the film as the place of place of a nonfiction piece on an important historical event. Bernstein’s article focuses solely on the movie and discusses the place of imposing a narrative and morality on a historical event. Bernstein’s problem seems to be the absolutism that a film like Schindler’s list offers. He says that the premise of most of the argument in favor of the movie is that it will open up racial discussions in todays society. This poses an interesting question about artifice: is non artifice contradictory because in the end the imposition of a narrative will always be an imposition and not a reality?
