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In emotional reunion, Spielberg revisits 'Schindler's List'
By JAKE COYLE was dangerous and unfor- were, Spielberg said, very
NEW YORK (AP) — Ste- gettable," Neeson said. difficult for most of those
ven Spielberg says no film "Schindler's List," made for involved. Two young Israeli
has affected him the way just $22 million (Spielberg actors, he said, had break-
"Schindler's List" did. declined a pay check), downs after shooting a
Spielberg, Liam Neeson, grossed $321 million world- shower scene at the con-
Ben Kingsley and others re- wide and won seven Acad- centration camp.
united for a 25th anniversa- emy Awards, including best “That aesthetic distance
ry screening of "Schindler's picture and best director. It we always talk about be-
List" at the Tribeca Film also did much to educate tween audience and ex-
Festival on Thursday, in an the American public on the perience? That was gone.
evening that had obvious Holocaust. After the film, And that was trauma,” said
meaning to Spielberg and Spielberg established the Spielberg. “There was trau-
the hushed, awed crowd Shoah Foundation, which ma everywhere. And we
that packed New York's took the testimony of 52,000 captured the trauma. You
Beacon Theater. In a Q&A Holocaust survivors. can’t fake that. (The scene)
following the film, Spielberg More needs to be done where everyone takes off
said it was the first time he for Holocaust education, their clothes was probably
had watched "Schindler's Spielberg said: "It's not a the most traumatic day of
List" with an audience since pre-requisite to graduate my entire career — having
it was released in 1993. high school, as it should be. to see what it meant to strip
"I have never felt since It should be part of the so- down to nothing and then
'Schindler's List' the kind of cial science, social studies completely imagine this
pride and satisfaction and curriculum in every public could be your last day on
sense of real, meaning- high school in this country." earth.
ful accomplishment — I Director Steven Spielberg, left, and actors Liam Neeson and Making "Schindler's List" “There were whole sections
Ben Kingsley, right, attend the "Schindler's List" 25th anniversary
haven't felt that in any film screening during the Tribeca Film Festival at Beacon Theatre on was a profound, emotional that go beyond anything
post-'Schindler's List,'" Spiel- Thursday, April 26, 2018, in New York. and fraught experience for I’ve ever experienced or
berg said. Associated Press many of those involved. seen people in front of the
The reunion was a chance Kingsley recalled confront- camera experience,” the
for Spielberg and the cast years ago," Spielberg said create a more documen- ing a man for anti-Semitism 71-year-old filmmaker add-
to reflect on the singular ex- of making the film. tary-like realism. Neeson re- during production. Spiel- ed.
perience of making an ac- Spielberg shot the film in membered Spielberg run- berg said swastikas were Spielberg actually released
knowledged masterwork Krakow, Poland, in black- ning with a camera and, sometimes painted over- two movies in 1993. “Juras-
that time has done little and-white and without sto- on the fly, directing him night. Recreating scenes sic Park” came out in June,
to dull the horror of, nor its ryboards, instead often us- and Kingsley down Krakow like those in the Krakow and “Schindler’s List” fol-
necessity. "It feels like five ing hand-held cameras to streets. "It was exciting. It ghetto and at Auschwitz lowed in November.q
New 'Avengers' film nabs 4th
biggest preview gross ever
film and the fourth biggest
preview gross ever.
The film earned more on a
Thursday than "Avengers:
Age of Ultron" ($27.6 mil-
lion) and "Black Panther"
($25.2 million), but was be-
hind "Star Wars: The Force
Awakens" ($57 million), "Star
Wars: The Last Jedi" ($45
million) and "Harry Potter
and the Deathly Hallows-
Part 2" ($43 million).
This image released by Marvel Studios shows Chris Hemsworth
as Thor. with characters Rocket, voiced by Bradley Cooper, It also has so far earned
seated center, and Groot, voiced by Vin Diesel, in a scene from $11.4 million in South Ko-
"Avengers: Infinity War." rea, $10 million in Australia
and $9 million in the United
By MARK KENNEDY breaking debut in North Kingdom, as well as scoring
NEW YORK (AP) — The su- America. the highest movie opening
perhero-stuffed "Avengers: Marvel Studios reported in countries including Brazil,
Infinity War" is off to a super Friday that the cross- the Philippines, Thailand,
start, nabbing the fourth over event "Infinity War" Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong
biggest preview gross ever scooped up $39 million do- Kong, Vietnam and Chile. It
and earning $95 million mestically from Thursday- opened in 21 countries on
in 43 countries ahead of night previews, the highest Wednesday and added 22
what could be a record- preview title for a Marvel on Thursday.q