Early in the film, when the three ladies are sitting at a table and talking about the clothes they've received, one of them tells a story of another woman asking where did she get her new dress. She replied, "Canada." She responds with, "When did you have time to vacation?" All the other ladies started laughing, and one said, "Oh, she thought you meant the country!" "Yes." "Oh, well, that's an understandable mistake." 'Canada' was the name of the sorting facility at Auschwitz that the female prisoners were made to sift through confiscated luggage for clothes, shoes, and valuables.
@@Britton_Thompson Canada was set on fire by the SS and blew up the 4 gas chambers. The one shown in the film is actually were the clothing we see on the museum was storaged, a really powerful image. And I think that is this is Holocaust film that portrays the presence of the effects from organic decay on the sorroundings. Compare this to the use of the same components: Ash, Bone, Blood and Fire in Schindler's List. The striking difference is the dramatization of their appearance on camera, the silence naturalistic approach on The Zone of Interest invites the viewer to reach out to his own humanity, so he doesn't pass the fact that those are remains, not objects.
I think every single person in the movie knows exactly what's happening over the walls of the camp - but they're in varying stages of denial or acceptance. And I think the mother's negative reaction (and abrupt exit) was based on her suddenly actually FEELING the horror of what was happening there, instead of merely "knowing" about it in an abstract, theoretical way. Brilliant, haunting film.
I watched an interesting movie called Cube from 1997. A really low budget Canadian movie. It was a entertaining watch. A group of characters try to escape from a maze of rooms in a giant Cube.
This film totally gives Boy in Striped Pyjama (2008) and somewhat Life is Beautiful (1997) vibes on this very dark subject, they tackle subject very unusual way. Both film are well worth of watching sometimes.
Wonderful reaction OL! When I first saw this movie I knew nothing about it. So it took me a while to understand what was going on. Those sounds! I don't think I have ever seen a movie where the sound is kinda the main character. It was chilling. This movie and 'Anatomy of a fall' was the two best films in this years best film category imo. And Sandra Hüller stars in both of them.
Yes, I definitely want to see Anatomy of a Fall as well. And yeah, that low rumbing sound gives such a feeling of dread. It's so constant. Reminds me a bit of the feel of the HBO show Chernobyl.
I had to do a deep dive on the family after I watched this movie. They were horrible horrible people till the day they died. They all knew what was going on over there. They just chose to ignore it.
Early in the film, when the three ladies are sitting at a table and talking about the clothes they've received, one of them tells a story of another woman asking where did she get her new dress. She replied, "Canada." She responds with, "When did you have time to vacation?"
All the other ladies started laughing, and one said, "Oh, she thought you meant the country!"
"Yes."
"Oh, well, that's an understandable mistake."
'Canada' was the name of the sorting facility at Auschwitz that the female prisoners were made to sift through confiscated luggage for clothes, shoes, and valuables.
@@Britton_Thompson Canada was set on fire by the SS and blew up the 4 gas chambers. The one shown in the film is actually were the clothing we see on the museum was storaged, a really powerful image. And I think that is this is Holocaust film that portrays the presence of the effects from organic decay on the sorroundings.
Compare this to the use of the same components: Ash, Bone, Blood and Fire in Schindler's List. The striking difference is the dramatization of their appearance on camera, the silence naturalistic approach on The Zone of Interest invites the viewer to reach out to his own humanity, so he doesn't pass the fact that those are remains, not objects.
I think every single person in the movie knows exactly what's happening over the walls of the camp - but they're in varying stages of denial or acceptance. And I think the mother's negative reaction (and abrupt exit) was based on her suddenly actually FEELING the horror of what was happening there, instead of merely "knowing" about it in an abstract, theoretical way.
Brilliant, haunting film.
Yeah, I liked that they showed someone who wasn't willing to (or able to) compartmentalize it they way everyone else was. It was a good contrast.
The sobering moment for me was when the inmate washes the blood off of Höss’s boots.
An utterly brilliant film, beautifully made. Nice reaction.
Glad you enjoyed it
I watched an interesting movie called Cube from 1997. A really low budget Canadian movie. It was a entertaining watch. A group of characters try to escape from a maze of rooms in a giant Cube.
This film totally gives Boy in Striped Pyjama (2008) and somewhat Life is Beautiful (1997) vibes on this very dark subject, they tackle subject very unusual way. Both film are well worth of watching sometimes.
Wonderful reaction OL! When I first saw this movie I knew nothing about it. So it took me a while to understand what was going on. Those sounds! I don't think I have ever seen a movie where the sound is kinda the main character. It was chilling.
This movie and 'Anatomy of a fall' was the two best films in this years best film category imo. And Sandra Hüller stars in both of them.
Yes, I definitely want to see Anatomy of a Fall as well. And yeah, that low rumbing sound gives such a feeling of dread. It's so constant. Reminds me a bit of the feel of the HBO show Chernobyl.
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But we dare not forget.
The banality of evil.
I had to do a deep dive on the family after I watched this movie. They were horrible horrible people till the day they died. They all knew what was going on over there. They just chose to ignore it.
Excellent commentary.
I did not think the movie earned smiles and chuckles. The mundane and mindless activities were sobering and concerning.