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/414/ Zone of Banality or the Authority of Evil?
Manage episode 421274727 series 2933145
How does the film fit in the pantheon of Holocaust films? Is it a Holocaust film?
How well does it deal with its obvious subject matter: the banality of evil?
Is the film neutral and detached or preachy, condescending, moralising?
What to make of the commentary around the film, including director Jonathan Glazer's statements? How does it relate to Israel/Palestine?
What to make of present-day Auschwitz? Should it be preserved?
- The Zone of Interest is an extreme form of 'Holokitsch', Richard Brody, New Yorker
- Is The Zone of Interest simply uninteresting? Toby Marshall, Substack
- The Zone of Interest is about the danger of ignoring atrocities – including in Gaza, Naomi Klein, The Guardian
- The Zone of Interest Reminds Us How Easy It Is to Ignore a Genocide on Your Doorstep, Juliet Jacques, Novara
- The Banality of Evil is No Longer Banal, Maren Thom, Café americain
- One-star review of Zone of Interest
400 episodes
Manage episode 421274727 series 2933145
How does the film fit in the pantheon of Holocaust films? Is it a Holocaust film?
How well does it deal with its obvious subject matter: the banality of evil?
Is the film neutral and detached or preachy, condescending, moralising?
What to make of the commentary around the film, including director Jonathan Glazer's statements? How does it relate to Israel/Palestine?
What to make of present-day Auschwitz? Should it be preserved?
- The Zone of Interest is an extreme form of 'Holokitsch', Richard Brody, New Yorker
- Is The Zone of Interest simply uninteresting? Toby Marshall, Substack
- The Zone of Interest is about the danger of ignoring atrocities – including in Gaza, Naomi Klein, The Guardian
- The Zone of Interest Reminds Us How Easy It Is to Ignore a Genocide on Your Doorstep, Juliet Jacques, Novara
- The Banality of Evil is No Longer Banal, Maren Thom, Café americain
- One-star review of Zone of Interest
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