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Saul's Behaviour

posted 9 years ago by sunbatt50
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The style of close-up filming worked for a few minutes in the beginning, then just became annoying.

Saul may have been insane, but I found most of hs actions so reckless, so self-centred and so ridiculous that it ruined the film.

He wandered into areas that were off limits, grabbed people or clothing with guards around, lost the "package" that was supposedly integral to their plan, hid the body, dug a grave, argued with others, and generally was so unreliable and risked eveyone's life so often it was implausible any other prisoner would even care about him, let alone help him, rely on him or try to help him.

In the situation they were in - he was a total liability.

[–] len-latimer 9 years ago

I can't agree. Saul is the only rational man in the camp. He understand that he's a dead man anyway and that ultimately, the Nazis want to strip him of his humanity. So the only way to redeem himself is to do an act of humanity -- give a proper burial to a single person. In the face of this, the pathetic escape plans of his fellow prisoners are inconsequential.

[–] annex47 9 years ago

I find the comments of Saul's insanity, throwing his life away and critism of his actions stunning. Saul is absolutely sane, the comment 'we are already dead' says it all. The sheer horror of their lives has resulted in the need to dissociate themselves completely from this is hell, there's very little eye contact between characters except tellingly between Ella and Saul. To find purpose in that nightmare is impossible but Saul does.

[–] prplayer 8 years ago

the way i saw it was that he was working in a crematorium for god knows how long, dealing with dead bodies, burning people, children and women getting killed etc...

that will undoubtedly do something to your psyche, he assigned a mission to himself (giving the boy a proper burial) probably to keep himself from going completely insane

he didn't care about anything else, not the other workers or the plan, he only cared for his own mission

his behavior was understandable to me

so many movies, so little time

[–] parknourie 8 years ago

Saul was, in my opinion, a man who already died.
He witnessed things no man should, survived in drastic conditions and practically didn't exist in the world anymore.
As a man existing without hope or pleasure of life I say his actions can not be comprehended nor be rationalised by any given audience member.

Yes he was self-centered but to what point was he going against to be so?
What significant difference will his eager participation in this circumstance make things better?
I think there was a dialogue in the film itself, not by Saul, but by someone else saying that they were already all dead anyways.

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down and a Wagging Finger of Shame

[–] drjeff21 8 years ago

The object of the filming aspect was to limit the audience view to Saul's field of vision. As far as his behavior is concerned, I see it differently. He knows that he is going to be killed soon and in his mind he is trying to do one decent thing before he is killed; perhaps in some way to redeem himself for what he was forced to do as a sonderkommando.

[–] PoppyTransfusion 8 years ago

They had three months to live, if lucky, as Sonderkommandos. In this context, how are any of them liabilities?!? It's a ridiculous assertion.

Ever tried, ever failed?
No matter.
Try again, fail again.
Fail better.

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