Has anyone heard anything about this great movie ever coming out on DVD? For those who are unfamiliar with it, it's a German production (I believe) that used the actual transcripts of the infamous meeting in early 1942 where Reinhard Heydrich, Adolf Eichmann, and several other Nazi officials and bureaucrats met to discuss details of the "Final Solution."
A remarkable depiction of how something as unfathomable as the systematic extermination of millions could be as calmly and dispassionately discussed as a seminar on foot hygiene.
Though a very different style of "war movie" from films like Saving Private Ryan or Patton, in its own way, it is no less brutal. Thus far, I've had to make do with my fading VHS copy. A new DVD release would offer so many additional opportunities as well -- historian commentaries and discussions of the events, the transcripts, the people....
Certainly, among my top ten WW II films ever.
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Mark K. Lee
"Life is like a sewer -- what you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
- Tom Lehrer
A remarkable depiction of how something as unfathomable as the systematic extermination of millions could be as calmly and dispassionately discussed as a seminar on foot hygiene.
Though a very different style of "war movie" from films like Saving Private Ryan or Patton, in its own way, it is no less brutal. Thus far, I've had to make do with my fading VHS copy. A new DVD release would offer so many additional opportunities as well -- historian commentaries and discussions of the events, the transcripts, the people....
Certainly, among my top ten WW II films ever.
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Mark K. Lee
"Life is like a sewer -- what you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
- Tom Lehrer
