The Zone of Interest

[Finn]

Essentially a film about Rudolf Höss and his family in the early 1940s, going about their lives in their nice house right next door to Auschwitz. HILARITY ENSUES (very much not so)

It won't be for everyone, and I've seen our Ellie indicate that she wasn't a fan elsewhere on here, but I found it compelling and quietly chilling. It's meandering but that always felt justified to me, and other than a bit that's shot in a weird photonegative way which just felt like Glazer trying not to be too conventional for the sake of it, I thought it was done really well and deserves the awards nods it's had.

Also despite spending nearly 3 hours looking at her face yesterday I didn't recognise Sandra Hüller one bit, and was aghast when the end credits rolled. I found her MUCH MORE INTERESTING and relatable as Mrs Höss than her character in Anatomy of a Fall.

 

[Finn]

Oh ffs - can a kind @Moderator please move this into main moopy odeon rather than the classics forum? That's me being a tit rather than making a comment about it being a modern classic (I'd not go THAT FAR)

 

[Ellie]

Shocked that you didn’t like Anatomy of a Fall and yet THIS GREAT BIG BORE that should have been a 20 min short, held your interest.

 

[Sheena]

I thought this was absolutely excellent. Chilling, thought provoking and tremendously sad. I disagree with Ellie about it being a short- the (already fairly short) film needed that time to build the sense of normality against the horror. The constant rumbling in the background juxtaposed against the kids playing, completely oblivious to it.

I loved the cinematography- the shot with the Mother at night in her bedroom with the glow of the furnaces was absolutely horrific/ beautiful at the same time.

And Sandra Hüller was fantastisch- the scene where she coolly tells someone her husband could turn them into ashes and the unspoken glee at her new fur coat both being the highlights. An absolute monster without remorse, entirely interested in her “dream” home and nothing else, entireky disinterested in fact that such a “dream home” was backed onto by such horror.

9/10. And I never want to see it again.

 

[Loufoque]

Sandra Hüller really served us the two most stressful films of the last year. This was very powerful, and as good as Anatomy of a Fall, but in a very different way.

 

[Amanda Cosmetics]

THIS GREAT BIG BORE that should have been a 20 min short

 

[Amanda Cosmetics]

Sandra Hüller really served us the two most stressful films of the last year. This was very powerful, and as good as Anatomy of a Fall, but in a very different way.

QUITE

 

[Amanda Cosmetics]

Sandra Hüller lounge now please. She’s the NEUE MADAME

 

[Suedehead]

Masterpiece.

 

[Suedehead]

Sandra Hüller really served us the two most stressful films of the last year. This was very powerful, and as good as Anatomy of a Fall, but in a very different way.

She’s a legend she’s an icon and she is
The moment
Now come on now

 

[Suomi]

I thought this was absolutely excellent. Chilling, thought provoking and tremendously sad. I disagree with Ellie about it being a short- the (already fairly short) film needed that time to build the sense of normality against the horror. The constant rumbling in the background juxtaposed against the kids playing, completely oblivious to it.

I loved the cinematography- the shot with the Mother at night in her bedroom with the glow of the furnaces was absolutely horrific/ beautiful at the same time.

And Sandra Hüller was fantastisch- the scene where she coolly tells someone her husband could turn them into ashes and the unspoken glee at her new fur coat both being the highlights. An absolute monster without remorse, entirely interested in her “dream” home and nothing else, entireky disinterested in fact that such a “dream home” was backed onto by such horror.

9/10. And I never want to see it again.

Agree with every word of this.

The use of sound was the most powerful thing for me - the rumbling and the sporadic gun shots that just never ended

It's hard to give a score to a film like this because I think the most important thing is to just sit and watch, and be uncomfortable, to pay respect to the victims and horror of the Holocaust and never forget

 

[cwej]

I'd never even heard of Sandra Huller before watching these two movies and she really was outstanding in both.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Rating Ellie a -1 at the next Moopyrate for this.

I've just watched this and it's stunning in it's subtle horror. The background rumbling, and at one point a flake of ash sailing past the camera really helped convey the proximity and ignorance.

 

[Sardonicus]

Ratings Ellie a -1 at the next Moopyrate for this.

I've just watched this and it's stunning in it's subtle horror. The background rumbling, and at one point a flake of ash sailing past the camera really helped convey the proximity and ignorance.

The casual conversations about NEW CURTAINS & the likes with the distant noises of sheer terror have stuck with me months after initially watching this.

 

[AGinAg (37)]

The casual conversations about NEW CURTAINS & the likes with the distant noises of sheer terror have stuck with me months after initially watching this.

Absolutely. Although it was hardly a DREAM HOME. The garden was QUITE PLEASANT though.

I visited Auschwitz less than six months ago and I've not really had a proper moment to come to terms with it. So every piece of Auschwitz media is breaking me. I particularly found the cleaning scene in the museum, really chilling.