“The effective war film is often the one in which the action begins after the war‚ when there is nothing but ruins and desolation everywhere…” Francois Truffaut Francois Truffaut continued on to say that Alain Resnais’ Night and Fog‚ made in 1955‚ was the “greatest film ever made”. The 30-minute film based on the horrors of the Holocaust and Nazi concentration camps after World War II combines Resnais’ own cinematography with original images and footage of the captives in their unfathomable
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I must say that this film is very traumatizing. There are some images in this film that will be burned and scarred into my mind for as long as I live. I have seen many holocaust films‚ but no one was as near as dramatic and depicting as Night and Fog. However I did like the theme of this movie. It is very sad but yet realistic. Our minds are murky and dull. We tend to only remember the important situation in our lives. Yet we don’t remember the importance of our own history. I say OUR history be
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Roy Mittelman June 9‚ 16 Night and Fog The documentary “Night and Fog‚” by Alain Resnais articulates the story of the ending solution of the Nazi Germany’s concentration camps. The film features both the past and present day landscape of Auschwitz‚ while describing what life was like in the concentration camps. This was one of the first films‚ which was published ten years after the revelation of the camps‚ to demonstrate what happen in the holocaust. Night and Fog delve in to the tales of starvation
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No film can accurately document the reality of the Holocaust because it is too heinous. However‚ the film Night and Fog is certainty one of the most powerful portrayals of the events that took place in the Holocaust. This film was produced by Alain Resnais in 1955‚ only ten years after the concentration camps were liberated. The wounds were still fresh in this film
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“Triumph of the Will” and “Night and Fog‚” portray Hitler’s vision for Germany‚ and the findings of Allied liberators of concentration camps in the beginning of World War II. A comparison of the films present two very different views of what Hitler deemed necessary for Germany. They each displayed propaganda in a way they’re eye-catching simply because of the raw footage. It took everything that we knew about pre WWII and corrected it‚ so that we knew the truth about how the people of Germany felt
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Night and Fog presents the events that took place within concentration camps during World War II from a perspective that is thought-provoking and frightening. This documentary was filmed ten years after the harrowing genocide of the Second World War. During the time of the war‚ concentration camps were built around Germany‚ Poland‚ Czechoslovakia‚ Austria‚ Switzerland‚ and Belgium to systematically contain and kill many different races‚ nationalities‚ sexualities‚ and enemies of Adolf Hitler’s Reich
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this footage comes from the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1940. In Auschwitz concentration camp‚ Jews suffered the oppression of the Nazi; however‚ no one took the responsibilities years later even after the war came to an end. In the film‚ Night and Fog‚ the indifferent attitude and irresponsible language of various people who worked at the Auschwitz concentration camp was incredibly shocking. The lower ranking soldiers used “following orders” as a way to divert personal responsibility and to
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while being treated like animals‚ and how they kept on living and pushing on. All of these claims can be explained and supported by‚ Elie Wiesel’s Documentary‚ his memoir‚ Night‚ Maslow’s hierarchy of needs‚ and the official documentary of Night and Fog. One of the most significant examples of strength of will in Night is how Elie always treats his father with kindness and never abandons him like many other children do. Even though his father was old and just a burden to Elie he never stopped
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these films harness‚ finding the balance between upholding historical accuracy and evoking strong emotions from the audience stands at the crux of Holocaust film production. In exploration of this balance‚ three films from different genres-- Night and Fog‚ Life is Beautiful‚
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Goodwin and Charles Dickens both describe the toll the London Fog took on the city in contrasting manners. Their selections varied in style‚ purpose and organizations giving them both different tones. Goodwin took an informational approach with his writing. However‚ Dickens was very elaborate and descriptive using a lot of imagery within his writing. Goodwin and Dickens used different styles and purposes to demonstrate the effects the fog had on London and its people. First‚ both authors illustrate
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