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How happy are those who came across this movie without the slightest idea of ​​what to expect and felt the surprise effect. At this point this is practically impossible. Because Work by Jonathan Glazer since it was presented on Cannes Film Festival It managed to be among the twelve important games of the season that are more or less on everyone’s lips and will sweep away all awards.

To put the approach very clearly, it’s about filming the quiet life of a commander in the family home, ‘Big Brother’ style. Auschwitz concentration campA ten-foot wall separates us from a horror we’ve never seen. Filming was done with hidden cameras in all rooms of the palace and close-up was never used. Likewise, we help with general plans. pastoral-pastoral prints family members having fun on the lake shore and in the gardens near the house. It’s all completely intentional. Like the fades to black that become endless and emphasize Jonathan Glazer’s claims throughout when it comes to underlining the importance of the work he offers us as a creator. ‘area of ​​interest’Adapted free of charge from Martin Amis’s novel, the film is presented as a cinematographic work whose purpose becomes clear after a ten-minute screening: to impress the juries of important festivals. We ordinary viewers are secondary victims of the experiment.

Since we are in the portico of the year, I can say that it would be an ‘Area of ​​Interest’. B side From ‘The Leftovers’. While Alexander Payne’s claim is a humanistic glorification of goodness, Johathan Glazer decides to put a golden frame on a painting dedicated to God. banality of evil and horror.

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