Film No. 8 (2024) January 29th. 8:00 PM SOMERVILLE Outdoor U.W.A.
"A Brilliant examination of Human Complexity" (A critic's immediate response to Glazer's film immediately on their first viewing at Cannes).
WINNER: Grand Prize of the festival (Jonathan Glazer) Cannes. Nominee: Best Feature (Jonathan Glazer) Academy, Oscars.
As far as cinematic memorials go, will THE ZONE OF INTEREST become a classic as a remembrance piece in honour of those who suffered because of the Holocaust? I hope so! It deserves to.
Rudolf Hoss is an ambitious middle aged executive. He is an engaged family man who provides a comfortable life for them to thrive in. He is keen to show the executives he answers to that he has the ability to climb the promotional ladder. The fact that his role is to command Auschwitz during WWII shines a new light on this ambitious man. THE ZONE OF INTEREST gives us the man, his wife, their family and their servants in a domesticity that makes what is happening over their back wall all the more horrible. This is a horror film, make no mistake, and it will poke your senses.
British born director Jonathan Glazer (SEXY BEAST, UNDER THE SKIN) serves up unnerving characters, images, atmospheres and backdrops in all his films. All with a different style. This is his Tour deforce. 11GUMS.
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