Conspiracy

Another film that gets high marks for its content. It differs from And The Band Played On by being a very engaging film. HBO Films is fast becoming an obvious place to go for quality films that might not be made for theaters (I'm looking forward to Angels in America coming out on DVD since I've heard it's super). The film tells the story of the Wannsee Conference -- the meeting in which Nazi officials decided the fate of the Jews in Germany and its occupied countries. And, yes, it is basically the meeting on film, which sounds almost too boring for words. As you watch, though, you realize that you're looking at a meeting that could be happening in your own offices, in that it feels so normal...except for the horrific fact that they're discussing the extermination of an entire race. There was only one account that survived of this meeting and you have to believe that the personalities around the table, the jokes made, and the utter sincerity of these insane men is for real. But your mind wants to shy away from believing that people like this actually existed. You get a short description at the end of what happened to each man. Surprisingly, most of them died shortly after the Nuremberg Trials of fairly normal causes, but pay attention to what happened to Adolf Eichmann. If that's not karmic justice, I don't know what is.

year: 2001
length: 96 min.
rating: 3.5
IMDB link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266425/combined