The Eichmann Show

Watching this and hearing eye witness accounts from all those people that endured all of those pure evil acts.

You can't help but shed of a tear for all of those survivors and for the victims of these pure evil acts.

One of my earliest memories is the Eichmann trial. Watching the film I now realise that it started on my sixth birthday. We talked about it in the playground built up an image of a monster. In London at the time we were surrounded by bomb sites and so his capture and trial was big news.

I remember vividly seeing the filmed news reports the film depicts and the shock of how ordinary this monster looked.

A good film and worth watching.

I have watched this several times, each viewing leaves me silent and reflective. Having just finished another viewing and comparing it to today's American political climate, I wonder how much we really learned. Can we take these lessons and reteach them today, or has history become too irrelevant in this world of greed?

Leo Hurwitz dialogue was horrendous, he constantly complained or found fault with everything. I had to stop watching after a while.Pity its a great movie and subject matter.

The trial and story here it in itself incredibly compelling and tragic. The real film they used within the movie was so well done and brought an element that reenactment never could .

The focus of the film was threefold. First - the atrocities of the holocaust, second the power of media and third weather or not man can inherently be evil.

The first theme is well accomplished and presented in a respectful way . The idea that surviving Jews had been left marginalized and underrepresented for so long was a fantastic undercurrent.

The power of media is also presented well but might be slightly more hidden . This was really the justification for this particular focus , if you know this going in and look for it , you find it and realize there is so much power in what was done to show and document this trial in the way it was .

The third theme, although important is not presented as clearly or as well and I think gets in the way at times of the second theme . The dialogue when Leo is thinking of leaving helps point out the overarching goal of the film , but his obsession with "breaking " Eichmann on a personal level sometimes gets in the way.

Important film, great premise and solid acting . Not done as well as it could have been but absolutely worth the time .