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Friday May 31, 2024
Friday May 31, 2024
On Zone of Interest and Holocaust film.
We discuss the winner of the Oscar for Best International Feature Film – one that split opinion, among critics and on the pod too!
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How does the film fit in the pantheon of Holocaust films? Is it a Holocaust film?
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How well does it deal with its obvious subject matter: the banality of evil?
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Is the film neutral and detached or preachy, condescending, moralising?
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What to make of the commentary around the film, including director Jonathan Glazer's statements? How does it relate to Israel/Palestine?
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What to make of present-day Auschwitz? Should it be preserved?
Link:
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The Zone of Interest is an extreme form of 'Holokitsch', Richard Brody, New Yorker
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Is The Zone of Interest simply uninteresting? Toby Marshall, Substack
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The Zone of Interest is about the danger of ignoring atrocities – including in Gaza, Naomi Klein, The Guardian
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The Zone of Interest Reminds Us How Easy It Is to Ignore a Genocide on Your Doorstep, Juliet Jacques, Novara
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The Banality of Evil is No Longer Banal, Maren Thom, Café americain
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