The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer, 2023) is a historical film featuring the Hoss family, who resided directly outside of the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. Auschwitz was the lar...Read More
When we were told on Tuesday that The Zone of Interest would have a plot twist of sorts, I did not expect Glazer to show the cleaning and preparation of a modern Holocaust museum. While I could recogn...Read More
Article: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/dec/10/jonathan-glazer-the-zone-of-interest-auschwitz-under-the-skin-interview The Zone of Interest is an intensely disturbing film that reflects on the ...Read More
During our weekly film screenings, I usually take a couple pages of notes; some technical but mostly analytical. However, I found it very difficult to watch and notetake during The Zone of Interest. T...Read More
Jonathan Glazer’s 2023 Film, The Zone of Interest, takes a very different approach to what is made visible than most holocaust pieces. Instead of focusing on graphic depictions of violence or de...Read More
Zone Of Interest by Jonathan Glazer was one of the most disturbing films I have ever watched. That, in fact, means that everyone who was involved in the process of making the movie did a perfect job. ...Read More
“The Zone of Interest is possibly the least overtly traumatic film about the Holocaust ever made, yet it’s devastating in the quietest way” is a line from the following Time Magazine article by ...Read More
In conclusion, Glazor and the whole production team had spent lots of effort into the film to makes it more realistic and let the viewers truly understand what it was like being around the concentrati...Read More
As we do in class, I will start with likes and dislikes. I personally did not like the movie. It was not something that really interested me. I don’t know why exactly. Maybe it is because I am n...Read More
This week’s reading was a bit more difficult for me than our typical textbook reading. I had to reread sections of the articles multiple times to fully understand exactly what the author was arg...Read More