Nice essay by @DavidKlion in the Nation about Jonathan Glazer's speech.
"For those of us who appreciate The Zone of Interest in the spirit Glazer in which intended it, and who share his basic perspective on Gaza, what’s additionally striking is how measured his remarks were. Glazer did not demand a free Palestine from the river to the sea, did not comment on whether Zionism is inherently racist, and did not deny the suffering of Israelis on October 7 (in fact, he cast them as victims of the occupation, just as Palestinians are). All he did was attempt to reclaim Jewish identity and Holocaust memory from their propagandistic use in the service of Israel’s military campaign, and to suggest that the lessons of the Holocaust might apply to atrocities committed by Jews and not only those committed against Jews. The ferocious response suggests that Glazer’s critics now recognize themselves in Rudolf and Hedwig Höss, and they’ll never forgive Glazer for that."
"Glazer's international platform (19.5 million people watched live) and his universalist sentiments posed a severe difficulty for the Zionist right wing. Glazer was saying that the Holocaust was an event in human history, not solely in Jewish history, and that its lesson is that dehumanization leads to atrocities and even genocide"
Prof Juan Cole
And here also is Jonathan Cook on Jonathan Glazer's Oscars acceptance speech:
"There could not be pithier summary of the difference between the universal moral impulse found in Jews like Glazer, and the particularist Zionist impulse found in the people who noisily claim to speak for the Jewish community – and are readily given a bullhorn to do so by western establishments"
Notre podcast culturel s’intéresse à trois films maniant de manière radicale et différente le hors-champ: «La Zone d’intérêt» de #JonathanGlazer, «Priscilla» de #SofiaCoppola et «May December» de #ToddHaynes.
Saw THE ZONE OF INTEREST last Friday. I needed some distance before posting about it. I have zero quips. I will say it was a unique viewing experience that moved me and stayed with me for days. The sound design in particular is absolutely remarkable. Some of the film's impact is dependent on the theatrical viewing experience, so if you're interested, see it in a theater while you can. #YabtM#reviews#cinemastodon#movies#film#cinema#TheZoneOfInterest#JonathanGlazer#ww2#WWII
Director Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar-nominated Auschwitz film, “The Zone of Interest,” does not show the horrors of mass murder. Instead it focuses on the family living next door – camp commandant Rudolf Höss, his wife and five children. Glazer says he borrowed reality TV techniques to create a fly-on-the-wall perspective of the family's pleasant lifestyle adjacent to the camp's atrocities. "The phrase I kept using was 'Big Brother in the Nazi house.” Here's more from BBC News. https://flip.it/bs1P7G #Culture#Entertainment#Movies#Oscars#JonathanGlazer