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Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah

  • 20152015
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  • 40m
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Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah (2015)
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Claude Lanzmann discusses the long and difficult process of researching, shooting, editing and presenting his groundbreaking and influential documentary Shoah (1985).Claude Lanzmann discusses the long and difficult process of researching, shooting, editing and presenting his groundbreaking and influential documentary Shoah (1985).Claude Lanzmann discusses the long and difficult process of researching, shooting, editing and presenting his groundbreaking and influential documentary Shoah (1985).
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  • Director
    • Adam Benzine
  • Writer
    • Adam Benzine
  • Stars
    • Claude Lanzmann
    • Marcel Ophüls
    • Stuart Liebmann
  • Director
    • Adam Benzine
  • Writer
    • Adam Benzine
  • Stars
    • Claude Lanzmann
    • Marcel Ophüls
    • Stuart Liebmann
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    • 4User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 5 wins & 10 nominations total

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    Claude Lanzmann
    Claude Lanzmann
    • Self
    Marcel Ophüls
    Marcel Ophüls
    • Self
    Stuart Liebmann
    • Self - Author
    Richard Brody
    Richard Brody
    • Self - Film critic
    Abraham Bomba
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Simone de Beauvoir
    Simone de Beauvoir
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Ruth Elias
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Richard Glazar
    Richard Glazar
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Richard Glazer)
    Jan Karski
    Jan Karski
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Hermann Landau
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Filip Müller
    Filip Müller
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Tadeusz Pankiewicz
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Michael Podchlebnik
    Michael Podchlebnik
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    France Roche
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Jean-Paul Sartre
    Jean-Paul Sartre
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Simon Srebnik
    Simon Srebnik
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Rudolf Vrba
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • Director
      • Adam Benzine
    • Writer
      • Adam Benzine
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    • Trivia
      First-time director Adam Benzine was a professional journalist before he started to do a documentary film, just like his subject Claude Lanzmann.
    • Quotes

      Marcel Ophüls, Himself: You wanted to talk about "Shoah"? It's a masterpiece.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2016: Documentary (2016)

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    3/10
    "Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of Shoah" falls somewhere between "Heart of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" and a DVD Extra.
    If you like true stories told very well, but briefly, and you'd like to get a leg up in an Oscar pool, then this review is for you! In my continuing effort to see as many Oscar nominees as possible, I took advantage of the opportunity to see the shorts.TV theatrical presentation "Oscar Nominated Short Films 2016: Documentary" (NR, 3:00 – with 10 min. intermission). Here's a brief, spoiler-free summary and evaluation of one of those five films...

    "Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of Shoah" (40 min.) – This film tells the story of French filmmaker and author Claude Lanzmann, focusing mainly on his challenges in taking twelve years to film and edit his nine-and-a-half-hour-long 1985 Holocaust oral history film "Shoah". After some short interviews testifying to Lanzmann's brilliance and the accomplishment that is "Shoah", Lanzmann himself tells his own story and we see footage from Shoah plus some footage Lanzmann short, but didn't use in the film. This doc calls to mind the engrossing 1991 feature doc "Heart of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" about Francis Ford Coppola's struggles making 1979's "Apocalypse Now". "Spectres of Shoah" generates audience interest in some of the stories it has to tell, but mostly plays out like a glorified DVD extra. "C"

    The other four films in the shorts.TV theatrical presentation "Oscar Nominated Short Films 2016: Documentary" are… "Body Team 12" "Chau, beyond the Lines" "A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness" "Last Day of Freedom"

    We have posted our articles about each of those other films on their respective pages on this website.
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    • Release date
      • April 2015 (Canada)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Germany
      • United Kingdom
      • Canada
    • Official site
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    • Languages
      • English
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Minnen från Shoah
    • Filming locations
      • Paris, France(interview with Claude Lanzmann)
    • Production companies
      • Jet Black Iris America
      • ZDF/Arte
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      40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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