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/414/ Zone of Banality or the Authority of Evil?

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On Zone of Interest and Holocaust film.
 
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We discuss the winner of the Oscar for Best International Feature Film – one that split opinion, among critics and on the pod too!

How does the film fit in the pantheon of Holocaust films? Is it a Holocaust film?

  • How well does it deal with its obvious subject matter: the banality of evil?

  • Is the film neutral and detached or preachy, condescending, moralising?

  • What to make of the commentary around the film, including director Jonathan Glazer's statements? How does it relate to Israel/Palestine?

  • What to make of present-day Auschwitz? Should it be preserved?

    Link:
    The Zone of Interest is an extreme form of 'Holokitsch', Richard Brody, New Yorker
  • Is The Zone of Interest simply uninteresting? Toby Marshall, Substack
  • The Zone of Interest is about the danger of ignoring atrocities – including in Gaza, Naomi Klein, The Guardian
  • The Zone of Interest Reminds Us How Easy It Is to Ignore a Genocide on Your Doorstep, Juliet Jacques, Novara
  • The Banality of Evil is No Longer Banal, Maren Thom, Café americain
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