Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden beside the camp.
The Zone of Interest doesn’t show but only lets one listen; in Oppenheimer, the bomb (in test) is a spectacle of light, but terror arrives with the roar: is pretending not to hear the only way to save oneself?
Beyond the Wall: Witnessing Evil Through the Banality of Everyday Life in The Zone of Interest
‘The Zone of Interest’ review: A riveting exploration of beauty juxtaposed with horror, where willful blindness paints a surreal landscape beside a camp’s shadows.
A masterful adaptation of Amis’s ‘The Zone of Interest’ by Glazer, exploring the Holocaust’s representation with stark clarity and innovative cinema.
Interview with Jonathan Glazer, the director of ‘The Zone of Interest,’ the most bizarre, original, and chilling representation of the Holocaust to date
Jonathan Glazer explores the stark contrast between paradise and hell in ‘The Zone of Interest,’ where the intertwined lives of protagonists unfold beside the haunting shadows of Auschwitz
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