The reality of what is happening beyond the wall is never lost. In a horror film we might expect something to lurk in the shadows, but The Zone of Interest is concerned with the absence of such. There are elements of the uncanny, as Rudolf is shown methodically switching off all the lights in the home, and closing every door. The proximity to evil, and the evil that flourishes by way of silence and cooperation, permeates every frame.ĭiscordant musical arrangements from Glazer’s Under the Skin collaborator Mica Levi emphasise the horror we aren’t seeing, while cinematographer Łukasz Żal – who previously worked with Paweł Pawlikowski and Charlie Kaufman – proves his continued versatility with a stark, documentary-like approach. In the night, Hedwig’s visiting mother stands at the window, her face half-lit by an amber glow in the distance. We don’t see what he sees, but he quickly looks back to his toys. One of the young sons, playing in his bedroom, hears a noise in the distance. In highlighting the most trivial of conversations and the bland day-to-day routine of the Höss family, we become hyper aware of what we aren’t seeing. When we see this family basking in the sun, in the shadow of the most notorious death camp in the Nazi regime, it’s strange and eerie in its mundanity. This juxtaposition between domesticity and atrocity is horrific and jarring – an unflinching depiction of what Hannah Arendt referred to as “the banality of evil”. In a sitting room, Rudolf Höss meets with German engineers to discuss the construction of a new crematorium at the camp, so they can more efficiently dispose of dead bodies. Their mother cooks dinner and gossips with her friends. We observe the Höss family largely in stark wide shots as they go about their daily lives. One of the children plays with a collection of gold teeth. It is impossible to not watch The Zone of Interest and feel the scale of the atrocities that occurred over the wall from the Höss’s lovingly-crafted sanctuary, where they would eat, drink, play, and pick through the possessions stolen from inmates, saving the fur coats and fine dresses. These victims are never seen in Glazer’s film, but their presence is still there. Their patriarch, Rudolf (played here by Christian Friedel) was the commander of the camp, responsible for the death of at least 1.1 million inmates, primarily Jewish people deported from Germany and Poland. Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest, loosely inspired by Martin Amis’ novel of the same name, depicts a period of roughly one year in the lives of the Höss family, who lived next door to Auschwitz from May 1940 until September 1944. Hedwig does not seem to notice as she chatters pleasantly about her rural idyll. Every so often, the sound of gunfire or screaming pierces the air. Beyond the boundary wall loom the chimneys of Auschwitz. “This was a field three years ago,” she explains to her mother proudly. There is even a modest swimming pool for their five children to play in. Of all the creature comforts in her family’s home, Hedwig Höss (Sandra Hüller) is most proud of the manicured gardens – she shows them off to her mother on a bright summer’s day, highlighting the vegetable patch, and the cheerful flowerbeds. SFC-BTB001(LSH)(SS) $49.98 RACS Price $14.Jonathan Glazer returns with his first film in nine years – an austere, chilling depiction of a German family maintaining normalcy in close proximity to the Holocaust. SF-BTB100(LSH) $49.98 RACS Price $32.39 Quantity:īeyond the Boundary I'LL BE HERE Movie DVD/BD Combo Set SFB-BTB110(LSH) $129.98 RACS Price $127.87 Quantity:īeyond the Boundary TV + Movie Collection BLURAY Together they share a destiny and a mission that only the two of them together may be strong enough to survive.īeyond the world that we know, in a realm where nightmares are real and legends walk, their future awaits BEYOND THE BOUNDARY.īeyond the Boundary TV + Movie Collection Steelbook BLURAY Alone, their futures seem bleak, but when a chance encounter brings them together, it becomes clear that they share more than just an unexpected bond. Akihito Kanbara is only half human, but while the monstrous other half of his lineage seems to have doomed him to a life alone, it has also given him near invulnerability in the form of rapid healing. The last surviving member of her clan, Mirai Kuriyama is cursed with the terrifying ability to control and manipulate blood, a power so heretical that she is shunned even by those with the ability to understand her "gift". Stocking Item - Usually Ships Within 24-48 Hours Unless Backordered Length: Complete: 480 Min, Series: 300 Min, Movie: 180 Min
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