July 14, 2011

A Film Unfinished

2010 Leftovers Marathon, part 6 of 13

Data
Title: Shtikat Haarchion
Year: 2010
Length: 88 minutes
Director: Yael Hersonski
Writer: Yael Hersonski
Starring: Rona Kenan
Music: Yishai Adar
Cinematography: Yossi Aviram, Itai Ne'eman
Editing: Joel Alexis
I saw it: on video (rented from Netflix), yesterday
Synopsis: the story behind a Nazi propaganda film of the Warsaw ghetto

My reaction
Concept:4/4 (Great)
Story:3/4 (Good) Good in that there isn't really a story - just a straight-forward, well-researched presentation of information.
Characters:2/4 (Indifferent)
Dialog:4/4 (Great)
Pacing:3/4 (Good)
Cinematography:2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design:3/4 (Good)
Acting:3/4 (Good)
Music:1/4 (Bad)
Subjective Rating: 6/10 (Okay, 2/4 (Indifferent)). A depressing movie, obviously. But it's interesting, and important. This is not the ghetto you see portrayed in the movies - in fact, it's a lot more like the concentration camps you see in the movies. As for what the real concentration camps were like, that footage is on this DVD as a bonus feature, and oh my god I wish I had not watched it.
Objective Rating (Average):2.7/4 (Good)

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