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Isn't that a hypocresy?

posted 11 years ago by IMDB_Vits
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ROLFE says that showing the clips from concentration camps in the trial was a manipulation of emotions. Ummm... Isn't that what the filmmakers were trying to do to the audience? I'm not saying they shouldn't have shown them, but because of how long the scene was, and how much focus is in the actors' reacions...

Thoughts?

[–] doug65oh 11 years ago

I see what you’re saying. Rolfe’s objection though is actually based on a genuine legal principle used in trials even yet today. It had nothing at all to do with the film-makers’ objectives.