/414/ Zone of Banality or the Authority of Evil?
Added 2024-05-31 07:00:09 +0000 UTCOn Zone of Interest and Holocaust film.
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We discuss the winner of the Oscar for Best International Feature Film – one that split opinion, among critics and on the pod too!
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?
Link:
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
Comments
regarding Auschwitz and what to do with it, i highly recommend chilean playmaker Guillermo Calderon's "Villa" about a discussion by three young women who are tasked with spitballing what to do with the grounds and structure of a Chilean torture center from the Pinochet era. i've had the chance to see his plays performed by his original Co. and then translations, and much prefer them performed by the Chileans. but the play addresses this issue head on. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/12/theater/villa-review-wild-project.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
joao z
2024-05-31 08:17:10 +0000 UTComfg i want to unsub SO bad from this loud effing mouth. FfuckingU. jesus f he wont shut up.
joao z
2024-05-31 07:45:08 +0000 UTC
