I am one of those who believe that we must constantly remember the darkest moments in our history, because only then can we understand them and prevent them from happening again. There are many types of films about World War II or other war conflicts, but I don't think I've ever seen a film with the focus of The Zone of Interest.
It is a film set in a war conflict but where we do not see confrontations or anything else that we can imagine. But this only makes it more disturbing. The focus of the script, direction, cinematography and sound is on seeing these despicable characters in our history as simple family people. People who take care of their home, take care of nature, take care of animals and even seem like good and humble human beings.
Many times horror happens through things that we cannot see unlike the things we see every day in our realities. Just thinking about or analyzing some moments of the film makes my skin crawl, due to the coldness that is handled throughout the entire film knowing what was happening just a few meters away. Just creepy.
The history of the characters that are shown on screen does not matter, because they are some of the many who were part of this type of atrocities, the most horrifying thing is always seeing inside the human being and everything he is capable of doing in a position of advantage.
It is a film set in a war conflict but where we do not see confrontations or anything else that we can imagine. But this only makes it more disturbing. The focus of the script, direction, cinematography and sound is on seeing these despicable characters in our history as simple family people. People who take care of their home, take care of nature, take care of animals and even seem like good and humble human beings.
Many times horror happens through things that we cannot see unlike the things we see every day in our realities. Just thinking about or analyzing some moments of the film makes my skin crawl, due to the coldness that is handled throughout the entire film knowing what was happening just a few meters away. Just creepy.
The history of the characters that are shown on screen does not matter, because they are some of the many who were part of this type of atrocities, the most horrifying thing is always seeing inside the human being and everything he is capable of doing in a position of advantage.