saying is i want to be treated like a human being. i fought for my country and i'm a vietnam veteran! >> there was an atonement and there was a second wave of pictures that attempted to honor the service that these men had performed for their country. >> my father was -- a -- that the word? yeah? civilized? >> very good word. >> yeah? >> my father was a civilized man living in an uncivilized time. the civilized, they were the first to die. >> "sophie's choice" is, i think, the quintessential holocaust drama because it doesn't ever explicitly touch on the details of the horror. it's more about the dramatic implications of it. >> i'm going to tell you something now i have never told anybody.