Claude Lanzmann: Specters of the Shoah
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Claude Lanzmann: Specters of the Shoah |
| Country of production | Canada , United States , United Kingdom |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 40 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Adam Benzine |
| script | Adam Benzine |
| production | Adam Benzine |
| music | Joel Goodman |
| camera | Alex Ordanis |
| cut | Tiffany Beaudin |
Claude Lanzmann: Specters of the Shoah ( CL: SotS for short ) is a documentary short film about the work of Claude Lanzmann , his work Shoah , from 2015 by Adam Benzine . The film was nominated for Best Documentary Short at the 2016 Academy Awards.
action
The plot in CL: SotS is limited to the stories of Claude Lanzmann, who speaks about his work on the Shoah . Lanzmann explains his personal development over the course of the 12 years that the production of his film took, the emotional challenges that he had to deal with and overcome during this time. Lanzmann also reports on a phase of depression in which suicide seemed possible for him as a way out.
"[...] making Shoah also broke him in a sense, getting that close to so much darkness for so long left a permanent scar."
"In a sense, Shoah broke him, approaching such a great darkness over such a long period of time left a permanent scar."
production
Claude Lanzmann: Specters of the Shoah via was Kickstarter.com funded, with Adam Benzine even a quarter of the target sum of 200,000 US dollars earned. After his personal confrontation with the Shoah in 2011, Benzine's motivation resulted from the discovery that Claude Lanzmann's life, despite his cinematic achievement, was not himself prepared as a film. The shooting of CL: SotS then lasted three years and accompanied Lanzmann from the age of 88 to 90. Some scenes in the film are unseen outtakes from the Shoah .
The film was co-produced by Jet Black Iris America and ZDF / Arte .
Awards
- Won
- 2015: “Honorable Mention” of the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
- Nominations
- Best Documentary Short Film at the 2016 Academy Awards
- 2016: "Cinema Eye Honors Award" from the Cinema Eye Honors
- 2015: "IDA Award" from the International Documentary Association
Web links
- Claude Lanzmann: Specters of the Shoah in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chris Knight: 'He's an existentialist intellectual': Director Adam Benzine talks Shoah, Claude Lanzmann's epic Holocaust documentary , National Post - Website, January 27, 2016. Accessed February 8, 2016.
- ↑ Martin Knelman: The man behind Shoah gets his close-up , Toronto Star website, April 28, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
- ↑ cbc.ca/spectres-of-the-shoah , CBC / Radio-Canada - website. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
- ^ Company credits. Claude Lanzmann: Specters of the Shoah. In: imdb.com. Internet Movie Database, accessed February 8, 2016 .