Christian Friedel
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The Zone of Interest is a 2023 historical drama film written and directed by Jonathan Glazer, co-produced among the United Kingdom, the United States, and Poland.Loosely based on the 2014 novel by Martin Amis, the film focuses on the life of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig, who live with their family in a home in the "Zone of Interest" next to the concentration camp.
- Jonathan Glazer
Dec 15, 2023 · The Zone of Interest is a film about the commandant of Auschwitz and his wife, who try to live a normal life near the camp. Critics praise the film for its dispassionate and disturbing portrayal of complicity and brutality.
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- Jonathan Glazer
- PG-13
- Christian Friedel
Feb 20, 2024 · A film based on Martin Amis's short story about the Auschwitz commandant and his wife, who try to live a normal life beside the camp. The film explores the banality of evil and the horrors of the Final Solution through sound and imagery.
- Jonathan Glazer
- 1 min
Dec 14, 2023 · A film adaptation of Martin Amis' novel about Rudolf Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz, and his family life in a nearby house. Ebert praises the film's audio-visual storytelling, its depiction of the sanitation and the banality of evil, and its challenge to the viewer's comfort.
Dec 14, 2023 · In “The Zone of Interest,” Glazer deploys a number of art-film conventions, including narrative ellipses and long uninterrupted takes. Throughout, characters are kept at a remove (as if they ...
- Jonathan Glazer
- 3 min
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Feb 22, 2024 · A film review of The Zone of Interest, a movie that focuses on a Nazi commander's family and his role in the Holocaust. The ending scene shows him vomiting and seeing a vision of Auschwitz as a museum, but what does it mean?
May 21, 2023 · Glazer adapted The Zone of Interest from a 2014 novel by Martin Amis, who died on May 19, just a day after the movie’s Cannes premiere. He has taken some liberties with the novel, changing its ...
