#985 Europa Europa 1990 // Germany, France, Poland // Agnieszka Holland Criterion Collection (LINK) / Letterboxd (LINK) EUROPA EUROPA is the recollection of a German Jewish boy, Solomon Perel (Marco Hofschneider), under the toil of political change and war from 1938 to 1945. In which he went through Stalinism and Nazism, survived the Kristallnacht and the Holocaust by… Continue reading #985 Europa Europa (Agnieszka Holland, 1990)
#969 Diamonds of the Night 1964 // Czech // Jan Němec Criterion Collection (LINK) / Letterboxd (LINK) DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT is a film of Holocaust which largely concerns with the state of mind of its protagonist rather than the history of Holocaust or plot advancement. The ‘story’ is simple but far from being straightforward as the… Continue reading #969 Diamonds of the Night (Jan Němec, 1964)
Seven Beauties ‘Pasqualino Settebellezze’ 1975 // Italy // Lina Wertmüller Letterboxd (LINK) I had always thought SEVEN BEAUTIES is a sex comedy, and I realised how completely wrong I was within the first minute of the film. The prologue shows a series of documentary footage of war atrocities and fascist rallies with a melodic score and… Continue reading Seven Beauties (Lina Wertmüller, 1975)
#197 Night And Fog 1955 // France // Alain Resnais Criterion Release Date: 19 July 2016 (LINK) The renowned film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum once claimed Alain Resnais’s short documentary Night and Fog as “ the greatest film ever made about the concentration camps… Claude Lanzmann’s 1985 Shoah is so indebted to this film that it… Continue reading #197 Night And Fog (1955)
Son of Saul 2015 // Hungary // László Nemes Hungarian director László Nemes made his first feature film in depicting the horrific Holocaust, a still essential and poignant subject that needs a sensitive balance in storytelling and its allegory. Human being are still in shock of comprehending the evilness and brutality fallen upon the Jewish in… Continue reading Son of Saul (2015)
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