2006-10-09 13:29:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
to draw your attention to one in the midst of many... to see all the Jewish people that were annhilated one loses the perspective.. to see one beautiful little girl in her red coat and what happens to her, an innocent child who had harmed no one, yet was murdered because she was born Jewish. That one little person can have more impact that a ditch full of anonymous bodies, or a line up of the unknown being machine gunned.
2006-10-09 13:33:28 · answer #1 · answered by hippiemommy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The little girl's jacket is red so that she stands out from the masses. When color is used, it makes a point and an impression. And Schindler´s soul is touched by the child, he feels her pain, cries for her. The plight of the one little girl in red touches him in a way the shear numbers make unreal, it is easy to get lost in numbers. He transforms the faceless mass around him into one real palpable human being. This one child is a symbol of all the 6.000.000 victims, exposed to ruthless slaughter. The little girl in the red coat footage gives a feeling of hope. You think that she may survive, that she might have a chance. But then you see her body later. She has already been killed, and you feel the despair and anger. Even something so beautiful and pure is not immune to the holocaust. Its a point well made.
2006-10-09 20:33:35 · answer #2 · answered by BoardingJD 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The color red is classically used to denote something in a novel or movie that the storyteller wants the listener, reader, or viewer to remember with a "punch". The color almost takes on a character's role, especially when it is a fresh-blood-red. Other novel/movie examples might be The Red Badge of Courage, The Scarlet Letter, and more recently, the movies Sixth Sense and The Village by M. Night Shyamalan. In these two latter movies, red denoted evil (sin) or the presence of ghostly beings or just the foretelling of a "sixth sense" that we all can tap into. Perhaps, Spielberg wanted the little girl in his movie to represent the blood-shed or the many life-forces that were being snuffed out by the Hollocaust.
2006-10-09 21:19:07 · answer #3 · answered by HoneyBunny 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you watch the making of film on the DVD Spealberg talks about that.
It was to create a character that stands out yet is nameless, to show contunity and to show how this affected everyone so tragicly yet not ever allow the audience to actually know the girl.
The red coat ensures you remember that girl throughout the movie.
2006-10-09 20:32:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
She is not the only colorized piece, the candles in one scene are colorized.
I think they colorized the coat to make her stand out from the other victims. Otherwise we may not have remembered her from the rest.
2006-10-09 20:31:46 · answer #5 · answered by M N 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The red jacket was used to represent the child purity and innocence. The child did not know what was going on or why it was going on.
2006-10-09 20:39:50 · answer #6 · answered by Steven C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably one of the best questions yet!!!! i like the way you are thinking , i think it was only the colour the german army or ppl saw that time "seeing red" or did it depict bloodshed??and the candle was shown in colour aswell , did this depict peace?
2006-10-09 20:35:18 · answer #7 · answered by 株式会THE CITADEL 株式会 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋