'Shoah' is difficult to watch, but few other films match its consideration of unspeakable evil and indifference.
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07/17/09
Shoah (1985)
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Reviews Counted:12
Fresh:12
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.8/10
Runtime: 9 hrs 30 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Synopsis: This stunning documentary sheds light on one of the darkest hours in the history of mankind - the Holocaust. The entire program relies solely on the filmed testimony of Holocaust witnesses.... [More]
Director: Claude Lanzmann
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The chief success of the film...is to remove the Holocaust from its comfortably horrifying place in history, and restore a human face to the atrocities.
05/27/08
In his seminal Holocaust documentary, which runs over 9 hours, Lanzmann doesn't use archival footage, only interviews with survivors and Nazi officers. He does something fascinating, placing his aggressive presence center-stage, not to be ignored.
03/03/07
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07/03/04
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02/21/04
Lanzmann's project is so vast and so meticulous as to render any criticism, positive or negative, irrelevant.
12/13/03
Lazmann's 9 ½ hour labor of love equals The Triumph Of The Will for its [historical] importance
10/25/03
It is impossible not to change a little bit after watching all 9 ½ hours of Shoah.
10/14/03
The film is undeniably tough going, but by looking into the hearts of the people that experienced the atrocities, it gets at the heart of the horror itself.
10/09/03
Lanzmann builds the past using tools that exist only in the present, summoning an unfathomable catastrophe with the voices and memories of survivors.
09/29/03
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09/27/03
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08/29/03
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