Lately, I have seen many movies about World War II, people's suffering, pain and the many tragedies of war in general. The last one I have seen is a French movie by the title La Rafle (The Round Up) and, being based entirely on true events, this was the worst one in terms of shocking content, fear and the heavy impact on the audiences. It made me wonder why such films are made and if they should be...
On the one hand I do realize that it is important to know our past, to better analyze the events and maybe the motivations behind them.
On the other hand, people learn about these events from history lessons, documentary films and books, is there a necessity to recreate the horrifying scenes, to bring them back to life?
One of the reasons for the creation of such films may be a
therapeutic one. Many of the directors and producers have been involved in the
history they are trying to retell, they are doing so to maybe reminisce or tell
their story from their perspective, the details that they remember and which
history might have omitted.
I, being a receiver of the information, find such films very
upsetting and they make me question the values of humanity and the injustice in
the world that we still have to face. I find it terrifying that such gruesome
events have actually taken place – it makes my shudder.
We need to know
and understand what has happened in the past in order not to let such events
occur ever again. Even though it is unpleasant, it is important to get to know
the history of people affected by the terrors of war in order to appreciate
their sufferings and not to be ignorant about the past.
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