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Jonathan Glazer’s first directorial title in 10 years, area of interest, Shows an aspect of the Holocaust that was never seen, from the POV of Nazis who lived outside the Auschwitz camp, building their own dream lives.
The protagonists living a pastoral life are the commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Haus, and his wife Hedwig.
On Saturday, a day after the film premiered at Cannes, a reporter asked how he expected area of interest Addressing the current problem of far-right resurgence in Europe and America and Holocaust nihilism, Glazer replied, “I hope that what we’re trying to do with the film we made is to instill in us a penchant for violence.” to speak to the potential within each of us.”
“Wherever you are from, it is an attempt to show these people as people, not as monsters; It was an important job,” said the filmmaker. Meaning, he wants to show that the Holocaust is not a mythical idea, that humans did it, and is a warning that it could happen again.
“The great crime and tragedy is that humans did this to other humans,” Glazer said, “that it is too convenient for us to distance ourselves from them.”
Glazer explained that “at any particular moment, I had no idea what film I was going to make.”
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he spent the first two years after under the skin Reading and it was not until he visited Auschwitz that he saw the house and garden where the commandant lived and “it was amazing that it really got to me.” The archives were opened to him, and he sifted through the testimonies of survivors who worked in the commandant’s house. The director said, “We started getting into these dribs and dribs … with these evidences to paint a picture of who they were.”
Glazer noted that when it comes to his process, “I never lock into a film. I resist the idea of separating myself from what it is.”
“It is a constant inspiration of how far we can extend it, how far we can express it. It is always in flux.