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Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah

  • 20152015
  • TV-PGTV-PG
  • 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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    • 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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    5/10
    Perfect Topic, Only a Shadow of Execution
    A film critic once said "It's not what a movie is about, it's how it is about it." This idea must be kept in mind when evaluating Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah. Specters is founded upon the perfect topic. Lanzmann is a creator of a film that is more than a film, the definitive Holocaust documentary, one of the most important accomplishments in cinema history. However, the method of this movie is relatively unimaginative, uncovering no profound insight.

    Spectres opens with a few film personalities lauding Shoah. Lanzmann is introduced as complex, temperamental, and genius. After this brief introduction, the remaining film is an interview intercut with clips from Shoah and other archival footage. Lanzmann is dynamically shot from a variety of angles and distances, but is face is constantly partially obscured by shadows. This is an attractive look with obvious connotations. This man is a ghostly hero, permanently marred by his herculean labor. This melodrama provides unnecessary legitimacy to his pessimistic attitude. Specters revisits many of the most iconic moments in Shoah and asks Lanzmann to elaborate. He emphasizes the emotional pain, brotherhood, danger, but all of these themes were infinitely better communicated in Shoah itself. All efforts devoted to expanding the scope beyond Shoah are woefully pedestrian. Lanzmann anecdotes and history are reasonably interesting, but they fail to coalesce into greater themes. Specter's best moments are simply when it helps us remember Shoah. Maybe my expectations are too high. One interview and some basic biography research just seems insufficient.

    Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of Shoah could at best serve as an introduction to the topic. Hopefully this inspires those who understand this is not the definitive retrospect. I just worry this is a topic that can score a free Oscar. Awards are just awards, but they can trick people into thinking accolades are metrics of merit. I hope we can recognize films with quality beyond content.
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    • Release date
      • April 2015 (Canada)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Germany
      • United Kingdom
      • Canada
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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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