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“Zone of Interest”: A Haunting Look at Holocaust Banality Through a Nazi Family’s Eyes
To focus on the Jewish Holocaust, every film creator has to face the same two questions: First, how many ways of presenting the story of the Holocaust are there that have not been exhausted by predecessors? Secondly, how to find the one that is most in line with the creator’s intention and the most ethical among the few remaining options? Holocaust storytelling is an area where the risks are as high as the rewards. It can easily agitate the audience’s senses and emotions, and it can also easily fall into ethical traps. After all, not all creators are determined to resist the temptation to manipulate the audience’s historical perception of…