{"id":4230,"date":"2011-03-17T12:48:16","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T12:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/\/?p=4230"},"modified":"2011-03-17T12:48:16","modified_gmt":"2011-03-17T12:48:16","slug":"defiance-day-eight-40movies40days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etbscreenwriting.com\/defiance-day-eight-40movies40days\/","title":{"rendered":"Defiance – Day Eight – #40movies40days"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"0204_defiance\"<\/a>I chose this film, again thanks to NetFlix Instant Streaming. \u00a0When Defiance<\/em> came out I didn’t see it. \u00a0It got mixed to positive reviews and did only middling box office. \u00a0The film got one Academy \u00a0Award Nomination for Best Score. \u00a0I am big Daniel Craig fan and decided to give a chance.<\/p>\n

Defiance<\/em> tells the remarkable story of Jewish Partisan Fighters who survived World War II by living on the run in a vast forest in Poland\/Belarus. \u00a0Eventually, the forest community numbered 1,200 men, women and children. \u00a0The partisans survived for several years only losing 50 people to sickness, old age or combat.<\/p>\n

One brother, Tuvia, played by Daniel Craig, is a Power of Conscience<\/a> character. \u00a0He establishes and enforces the moral order and the rule of law in the ragtag community. \u00a0Another brother, Zus, played by Liev Schreiber, is a Power of Will<\/a> character. \u00a0He is a warrior who believes only in force, strength and might makes right.<\/p>\n

The two brothers clash over authority and strategy. \u00a0Zus joins the Russian Army Fighters in the forest. \u00a0The two come together when the Russian Army retreats in the face of a planed air and ground attack by the Germans. \u00a0Zus joins Tuvia and together they defeat the advancing enemy.<\/p>\n

\"defiance\"<\/a>Defiance<\/em> suffers for having no specific individual\u00a0antagonist– only the general looming\u00a0threat of the Germans. \u00a0Schindler’s Lis<\/em>t is a much more effective and powerful film for setting up the personal dynamic between Oskar Schindler<\/a> and Amon Goeth<\/a>. \u00a0For most of the movie Tuvia’s only personal antagonist, his brother, is on the other side of the forest. \u00a0Defiance<\/em> has too little focused personal conflict and is very episodic. \u00a0It doesn’t engage emotionally. \u00a0I felt interestd but curiously detached in viewing the film.<\/p>\n

I guess the thing that struck me most strongly in Defiance<\/em> was the terrible privation the forest dwellers endured. \u00a0Things we take for granted like hot water, sufficient food, clean drinking water and a warm dry place to sleep are impossible and unobtainable luxuries. \u00a0The terrible sorrow in the loss of loved ones and the physical suffering in the film reminded me of what many people in Japan (and Haiti) must be enduring right now. \u00a0We should all be grateful for the small luxuries we too often take for granted.<\/p>\n

Here’s the best place to make a contribution to Japanese Earthquake Relief Efforts: \u00a0https:\/\/american.redcross.org\/site\/Donation2?5052.donation=form1&df_id=5052&idb=0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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