SHOAH - PART II
DIRECTOR: CLAUDE LANZMANN
FRANCE, 1985
On the occasion of its 25th anniversary, Claude Lanzmann’s landmark documentary, a sensation upon its release, remains on many critics’ lists of the greatest films—documentary or otherwise—ever made. Twelve years in production, SHOAH is a monumental meditation on the Holocaust, featuring moving interviews with survivors, bystanders, and perpetrators. The film does not contain any historical footage or voiceover narration but rather relies on witnesses whose testimony reincarnates the tragedy and the places where unimaginable crimes took place. Growing out of Lanzmann’s realization that the genocide was, after just 30 years, already retreating into the mists of time, his film confronts the truth while forging a timeless testimony and a new marriage of form and content. “Refusing to ‘reconstruct’ the past, Lanzmann compels viewers to imagine the unimaginable.”—J. Hoberman, Village Voice. “I consider SHOAH to be the greatest documentary about contemporary history ever made, bar none, and by far the greatest film I’ve ever seen about the Holocaust.” —Marcel Ophüls. (564 mins.)
Presented on a new 35mm print, the 9-1/2 hour film will be screened in two parts (two tickets).
Special admission: $10 per part; Silver Screen Club members $9.