‘The Zone Of Interest’ Review: Jonathan Glazer’s Stunning Look At The Holocaust In A Way It Has Not Been Seen – Cannes Film Festival
deadline.comThe title of Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest refers to how the Germans labeled the 40-square-kilometer area that surrounded the Auschwitz concentration camp on the outskirts of Oświęcim, Poland.
This is where the writer-director has set this unique Holocaust film with a perspective and focus on what was on the other side of a wall separating the most horrific mass murder and terror in human history, and the daily, almost bucolic lives of those who caused it or were in complete denial of it.
Yes, Holocaust movies are virtually a genre of their own, but I can safely say I have never seen one, sans any visuals of violence and suffering, that still manages to be just as harrowing and frightening, maybe even more.
The Zone of Interest takes its place among the great films made on the Holocaust and will probably haunt you long after seeing it.
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