What a shocking film. I will admit I am quite the baby when it comes to sad stories, I cry my eyes out normally in film, though this film was so horrific I was left in shock and did not even shed one tear. I had not heard anything about the film before viewing it, so I did not know what to expect. I felt helpless watching the ending, you knew that they were all going to die yet you could not do anything. The shocking thing is that it is so close to reality. I feel so angry at the world and the inhumanity of people. The fact that there was no closure after the Jews are killed gives the film its reality, this really happened Jews were killed in numbers, and they really were thought to be evil.
The two child actors were amazing; I always wonder how they get children to play such emotional parts. The innocence of the boys makes the film even more horrific. You can really identify and understand with Bruno when he does not admit that he gave Schmalz the food.
It is a massively juxtaposed film right from the word go. The scene of Bruno running around the streets of Berlin like aeroplanes with his friends while people are being pushed onto carts, and the difference in living arrangements between the Jews and soldiers.
How could people actually live like kings when there were others out there living between dead bodies. People are still at war killing others without any moral. The film shows a huge difference in the two sides, such as the beautiful gardens surrounding the house and the dead, empty camp as well as the high fashions of the soldiers family compared to the ‘pyjamas’ of the Jews.
I believe the film was put together perfectly; the audience are able to connect with the relationship between the two boys and there innocence. At a point where you did not know where it was going to go, Bruno decides to enter the camp. It is at this point where I felt I needed to protect them and warn them. The following events happen so fast and you know what is going to happen.
I am glad to have seen this film as it has given me a different perspective on war.
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