Claude Lanzmann discusses the long and difficult process of researching, shooting, editing and presenting his groundbreaking and influential documentary Shoah (1985).Claude Lanzmann discusses the long and difficult process of researching, shooting, editing and presenting his groundbreaking and influential documentary Shoah (1985).Claude Lanzmann discusses the long and difficult process of researching, shooting, editing and presenting his groundbreaking and influential documentary Shoah (1985).
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 5 wins & 10 nominations total
Abraham Bomba
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Simone de Beauvoir
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Ruth Elias
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Richard Glazar
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- (as Richard Glazer)
Jan Karski
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Hermann Landau
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Filip Müller
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Tadeusz Pankiewicz
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Michael Podchlebnik
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France Roche
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Jean-Paul Sartre
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Simon Srebnik
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Rudolf Vrba
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- TriviaFirst-time director Adam Benzine was a professional journalist before he started to do a documentary film, just like his subject Claude Lanzmann.
- Quotes
Marcel Ophüls, Himself: You wanted to talk about "Shoah"? It's a masterpiece.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2016: Documentary (2016)
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"Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of Shoah" falls somewhere between "Heart of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" and a DVD Extra.
If you like true stories told very well, but briefly, and you'd like to get a leg up in an Oscar pool, then this review is for you! In my continuing effort to see as many Oscar nominees as possible, I took advantage of the opportunity to see the shorts.TV theatrical presentation "Oscar Nominated Short Films 2016: Documentary" (NR, 3:00 – with 10 min. intermission). Here's a brief, spoiler-free summary and evaluation of one of those five films...
"Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of Shoah" (40 min.) – This film tells the story of French filmmaker and author Claude Lanzmann, focusing mainly on his challenges in taking twelve years to film and edit his nine-and-a-half-hour-long 1985 Holocaust oral history film "Shoah". After some short interviews testifying to Lanzmann's brilliance and the accomplishment that is "Shoah", Lanzmann himself tells his own story and we see footage from Shoah plus some footage Lanzmann short, but didn't use in the film. This doc calls to mind the engrossing 1991 feature doc "Heart of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" about Francis Ford Coppola's struggles making 1979's "Apocalypse Now". "Spectres of Shoah" generates audience interest in some of the stories it has to tell, but mostly plays out like a glorified DVD extra. "C"
The other four films in the shorts.TV theatrical presentation "Oscar Nominated Short Films 2016: Documentary" are "Body Team 12" "Chau, beyond the Lines" "A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness" "Last Day of Freedom"
We have posted our articles about each of those other films on their respective pages on this website.
"Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of Shoah" (40 min.) – This film tells the story of French filmmaker and author Claude Lanzmann, focusing mainly on his challenges in taking twelve years to film and edit his nine-and-a-half-hour-long 1985 Holocaust oral history film "Shoah". After some short interviews testifying to Lanzmann's brilliance and the accomplishment that is "Shoah", Lanzmann himself tells his own story and we see footage from Shoah plus some footage Lanzmann short, but didn't use in the film. This doc calls to mind the engrossing 1991 feature doc "Heart of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" about Francis Ford Coppola's struggles making 1979's "Apocalypse Now". "Spectres of Shoah" generates audience interest in some of the stories it has to tell, but mostly plays out like a glorified DVD extra. "C"
The other four films in the shorts.TV theatrical presentation "Oscar Nominated Short Films 2016: Documentary" are "Body Team 12" "Chau, beyond the Lines" "A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness" "Last Day of Freedom"
We have posted our articles about each of those other films on their respective pages on this website.
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- dave-mcclain
- Feb 14, 2016
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- Minnen från Shoah
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- Paris, France(interview with Claude Lanzmann)
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- Runtime40 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1
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By what name was Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah (2015) officially released in Canada in English?
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