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I've seen this documentary a lot of times, but every time I see it, It just makes me cry. Van Gasteren has made a powerful, yet underrated statement about the war after being liberated. The story follows Reinier, the son of a former victim from Hitlers concentration camps. We see a person deeply touched en affected by what happened to his father. Not because of compassion, but by trauma. Reiniers father survived the war, but was forever destroyed by the horrors suffered and witnessed in Hitlers death-camps. What strikes me most in this documentary is how one man's trauma, becomes the emotional scar of the entire family. The horrors suffered and witnessed by one man; became the horrors of his wife and children. This story, however sad and moving, is a must-see for all those opposed to war. But those who see war as a reasonable solution to their problems, should see it as well. Plato said it many years ago: Only the death have seen the end of war.

Jim Carrey delivers on of the greatest acting achievements of the nineties in this stunning biopic about the legendary comedian Andy Kaufman (the man on the moon, according to REM). For me as a European citizen, Andy Kaufman is a complete mystery. I've never seen any of his performances in Saturday Night Live nor have I ever seen any of his live shows. After seeing the movie five times, I as a Dutch not-knowing citizen who had never heard of Kaufman before, can make an image of the man and his brilliance. This is all thanks to Milos Forman and a stunning Jim Carrey, who really becomes Andy Kaufman. According to me, this movie is where Jim Carrey proves that he is just more than a funny guy, and after seeing him in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) Carrey has really proved that he is in fact a character actor.