More than 150 Jewish Hollywood professionals wrote today in support of director Jonathan Glazer
The authors said they were concerned about the “silencing effect” the attacks on Glazer could have.
“Glazer, Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg and countless other artists of all backgrounds have decried the killing of Palestinian civilians. We should all be able to do the same without being wrongly accused of fueling anti-semitism”
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."
Was ist das eigentlich für ein unfassbares Kino-Jahr: „Poor Things“, „All of us Strangers“, „Zone of Interest“ - drei kreative Meisterleistungen!
Und wir sind erst Anfang März. Und ich habe „Dune 2“ und „The Holdovers“ noch nicht mitgezählt (die aus meiner Sicht etwas abfallen gegenüber den genannten Top 3).
“His labor will not be celebrated. His Employee of the Month certificate will come down. In the end, The Zone of Interest remains the story of genocide as a Q3 project, a line on a middle manager’s résumé…But the evil of the Holocaust isn’t a strictly past-tense problem. It plays out in new forms all the time, ignored and condoned as we speak. Tomorrow’s sobering memorials are today’s atrocities happening just over the garden wall.” #ZoneOfInterest#movies#CineMastodon https://www.vulture.com/article/the-zone-of-interests-vomit-inducing-ending-explained.html
I saw #TheZoneOfInterest#ZoneOfInterest last night, and I had gotten my ticket before the #Oscars nominations were announced yesterday morning. I knew a little bit about the setting of the story, but I was not prepared for exactly how disturbing it turned out to be. About 30 or 40 minutes into the film, I seriously considered walking out because I didn't know if I could handle seeing any more. There's a little part of me that regrets seeing the whole film, /1
but then there's the part of me that knows I have the luxury of turning away and not knowing, as opposed to being a witness somewhat to the horrors that happened, and all the people who did and do not have the luxury of simply walking out of a theatre.
I'm going to warn you right now that while I'm not going into specifics of the movie, if this is something you would find too hurtful or disturbing, please stop reading now. /2 #ZoneOfInterest#TheZoneOfInterest
The catch is that the detention center is the Auschwitz concentration camp, and the commandant is a Nazi.
The movie is very well done, but it's not a film I can recommend because it's so disturbing so everyone has to decide for themselves whether they can handle seeing it. #ZoneOfInterest#TheZoneOfInterest /4 end