The horrors of World War II are not depicted on screen in Jonathan Glazer's new film "The Zone of Interest," easily one of the best films of the year. "The Zone of Interest" takes place largely in the posh, well-maintained home of Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel), which boasts green lawns, a lovely garden, a small pool with a waterslide, and spacious bedrooms. Höss and his family also have a greenhouse and access to a local stream where they swim on sunny days. Höss is also a Nazi commandant in charge of overseeing Auschwitz, a facility that directly neighbors his home. Furnaces, burning up hundreds of human beings, are constantly aflame, and the film's soundtrack booms with the distant fires. Very occasionally, a scream leaks its way in through the Höss family windows.
The Höss family is completely at peace with the death they are complicit in, more concerned with...
The Höss family is completely at peace with the death they are complicit in, more concerned with...
- 1/11/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
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