Bloomington: Indiana University Press, c1988.
Call No: 744(=924) AVI
Author: Avisar, Ilan, 1951
Place: Bloomington
Publisher: Indiana University Press
PubDate: c1988
PhysDes: xi, 212 p., [6] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm
Series: Jewish literature and culture
Subject: GENOCIDE IN FILMS; CZECHOSLOVAKIA; NAZIS IN FILMS; PONTECORVO, GILLO; RIEFENSTAHL, LENI; ULICA GRANICZNA (PL, Aleksander Ford, 1948); DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, THE (US, Geoarge Stevens, 1959); A PATY JEZDEC JE STRACH (CS, Zbynek Brynych, 1964); OSTATNI ETAP (PL, Wanda Jakubowska, 1948); OBCHOD NA KORZE (CS, Jan Kadar & Elmar Klos, 1965); SHOP ON MAIN STREET, THE (CS, Jan Kadar & Elmar Klos, 1965); TRANSPORT Z RAJE (CS, Zbynek Brynych, 1962); KAPO (IT/FR/YU, Gillo Pontecorvo, 1960); [MISTER] MR KLEIN [M. KLEIN] (FR/IT, Joseph Losey, 1976); NUIT ET BROUILLARD (FR, Alain Resnais, 1955); NIGHT AND FOG (FR, Alain Resnais, 1995); TRIUMPH DES WILLENS (G, Leni Riefenstahl, 1935); GREAT DICTATOR, THE (US, Charles Chaplin, 1940); DAMNED, THE [CADUTA DEGLI DEI, LA] (IT/GW, Luchino Visconti, 1969); DALEKA CESTA (CS, Alfred Radok, 1949)
Summary: "Over the past four decades filmmakers have struggled with the task of depicting the atrocities of the Holocaust - the unimaginable brutalities of the Nazis and the incredible suffering of their victims. Avisar bases his discussion of these filmic efforts on the assumption that the Holocaust was a unique and unprecedented historical experience and that as such it poses special problems for those, particularly artists, who seek to reflect upon this historical event. He disagrees with theorists who believe that art cannot deal with the Holocaust in a meaningful way. This study examines how cinematic art meets the challenge of dealing with the extraordinary nature of the Holocaust. Avisar uses the concepts of representation, presentation, and comprehension to analyze a select number of Holocaust films. The cinematic medium offers a wide range of artistic visions of historical events. Avisar combines theoretical concepts peculiar to the nature of cinema with arguments on the uniqueness of Hitler's Final Solution in presenting detailed analyses of such remarkable films as Night and Fog, The Damned, The Great Dictator, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Shop on Main Street, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis, and Mr. Klein." -- BOOK BLURB
Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [194]-200; Filmography: p. [201]-205
ISBN: 0253303761; 0253204755 (pbk.)
LON: 5515271
