Shoah

by Sue Vice

Overview

Claude Lanzmann's epic 1985 film 'Shoah' tells the story of the Holocaust through interviews with survivors of the extermination camps, bystanders who watched or participated in mass murder, and some of the perpetrators of genocide. Sue Vice addresses Lanzmann's central role in the film and the issue of representing the unrepresentable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781838718169
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	07/25/2019
Series:	BFI Film Classics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	128
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

SUE VICE is Professor of English Literature at the University of Sheffield, UK. She is the author of Introducing Bakhtin (1997), Holocaust Fiction (2000), Children Writing the Holocaust (2004) and Jack Rosenthal (2009), and the editor of Representing the Holocaust: Essays in Honour of Bryan Burns (2003).
Sue Vice is Professor of English Literature at the University of Sheffield, UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction.- 1 Lanzmann as film-maker.- 2 Documentary or 'fiction of the real'?.- 3 Archive footage.- 4 'Reincarnating' the past.- 5 Mise en scene.- 6 Lanzmann as interviewer.- 7 Poland: the ethics of filming.- 8 Testimony.- Appendix: Overview of Shoah.- Notes.- Credits.- Bibliography.

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…an insightful, balanced and accessible way into this intimidating work.' - Total Film