The Zone of Disinterest: Remembering to Repress the Holocaust
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Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest has won many awards, but what is the real impact of this film? By placing the murder of Jews out of view, it is possible to think of this movie as a form of Holocaust denial. Of course, the people celebrating it claim that it depicts the banality of evil, but the focus on a concentrate camp’s leader’s family, tends to drown out even the muffled sounds of the extermination machine.
The Zone of Disinterest: Remembering to Repress the Holocaust
The Zone of Disinterest: Remembering to…
The Zone of Disinterest: Remembering to Repress the Holocaust
Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest has won many awards, but what is the real impact of this film? By placing the murder of Jews out of view, it is possible to think of this movie as a form of Holocaust denial. Of course, the people celebrating it claim that it depicts the banality of evil, but the focus on a concentrate camp’s leader’s family, tends to drown out even the muffled sounds of the extermination machine.