tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post1114051184157058445..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Claude Lanzmann's ShoahYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-71095673625310814812010-12-08T22:50:11.151+02:002010-12-08T22:50:11.151+02:00I saw it on PBS in the 1980s and at the end of the...I saw it on PBS in the 1980s and at the end of the nine hours, you are left with questions. Claude Lanzmann himself said that was the point of the film. There is no answer that makes any sense. If you have to ask "why" then you are waiting to comprehend evil is rational. It isn't.NormanFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03365459073293643108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-80579725406377231602010-12-08T16:20:15.906+02:002010-12-08T16:20:15.906+02:00It's a brilliant, monumental film. Those who d...It's a brilliant, monumental film. Those who don't think they have what it takes to screen a nine-hour film about the Holocaust, should check out another Lanzmann film, Sobibor, October 14, 1943. If memory serves, it was made from an outtake interview from Shoah, and is a first-hand account of the escape from Sobibor. It's absolutely compelling.Morey Altmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15886157582583010411noreply@blogger.com