Thursday, April 2, 2009
John Williams, Itzhak Perlman: Schindler's List
One of the more powerfully moving true stories ever to be filmed ... and the music is equal to the story.
Schindler (played by Liam Neeson) starts a factory and, seeing what is happening to Jews during the Holocaust, begins hiring them and doing everything in his power to save them. Neeson won the Oscar for his performance: one of the few times that most everyone said, "Of course!" rather than, "I never even heard of the movie.") It also won 6 other Oscars, including Best Picture.
"Whoever saves one life, saves the world entire."
One of my favorite Perlman anecdotes is when he wheels up to a ticket counter at an airport and the agent kept speaking to his assistant. Frustrated, Perlman blurts out, "I am crippled, not deaf!"
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Monte, for your information the correct quote from the Talmud is: Whoever destroys a soul, it is considered as if he destroyed an entire world. And whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an entire world. Talmud, Sanhedrin 4:8 (37a). After Steven Spielberg released Schindler's List, I had the rare privilege to see a Itzhak Perlman performance which included the theme to Schindler's List. Thank you for finding this jewel on You Tube. You brought back memories of a rare and beautiful experience.
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