Shoah: a landmark of twentieth century cinema
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Birkbeck Main Building, Malet Street
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Shoah: a landmark of twentieth century cinema
This is a rare opportunity to see Shoah in its entirety. You may come for the whole day, to any part of the screening, or join us for the final discussion.
Shoah (Claude Lanzmann, 1985) is widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century cinema. To mark the 30th anniversary of the film's release, the Pears Institute devotes a day to screening this unique film in its entirety nine hours - and to a discussion dealing with its significance as a cinematic work, as testimony, and as an interpretation of the Holocaust.
Lanzmann's vision challenged all previous attempts at representing the Holocaust. By turning the bearing of witness into its subject, Shoah remains one of the most powerful cinematic experiences of all times. On the film's release, Lanzmann commented, 'I believe very deeply that art and morality are identical. I didn't try to make a document but a real movie, and I wanted it to be beautiful,' in order to 'make the unbearable bearable.'
In the panel discussion that follows the speakers will consider the questions the film raises about history, testimony, artistic freedom and interpretation and the relationship of Shoah to these.
Free event open to all: Register your place: http://www.pearsinstitute.bbk.ac.uk/events/events-calendar/shoah/