THE ZONE OF INTEREST Movie Review

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  • čas přidán 10. 12. 2023
  • Gay homosexuals Nick and Joseph spoil The Zone of Interest - a 2023 historical drama film written and directed by Jonathan Glazer, loosely based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Martin Amis.
    Premise: The commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
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    Cast:
    Christian Friedel as Rudolf Höss
    Sandra Hüller as Hedwig Höss
    Ralph Herforth
    Johann Karthaus as Claus Höss
    Luis Noah Witte as Hans Höss
    Nele Ahrensmeier as Inge-Brigitt Höss
    Lilli Falk as Heideraud Höss
    Medusa Knopf as Elfryda
    Keywords: ending explained, reaction video, trailer, A24, Cannes Film Festival, Grand Prix, Under the Skin, Sexy Beast, Birth
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Komentáře • 197

  • @davidbenes4349
    @davidbenes4349 Před 4 měsíci +123

    For me, the dog stood out as the only character who was anxious/freaked out by the chaos and noise surrounding the house.

    • @Robkinggozer
      @Robkinggozer Před 4 měsíci +40

      The wife's mother couldn't take it either.

    • @nerfy219
      @nerfy219 Před 4 měsíci +44

      The baby was also crying during almost the whole film

    • @RB-.-
      @RB-.- Před 3 měsíci +22

      Something i found interesting is that the baby and dog are seen constantly crying, whimpering & whining trying to get the adults attention but are ignored in every instance.

    • @Gloria10828
      @Gloria10828 Před 3 měsíci +8

      I’m sure I read somewhere that dog is actually sandra hullers dog

    • @gabrielcastaneda9700
      @gabrielcastaneda9700 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@Gloria10828you are correct

  • @illeanacopper
    @illeanacopper Před 4 měsíci +64

    the girl is actually a polish young girl who is part of the Resistance by sending apples to people in the camps. The director actually discovered her story through research so she did exist!!

  • @LynneJordan11
    @LynneJordan11 Před 6 měsíci +113

    I think Sandra Hüller is searching the lining of the coat looking for gemstones as the prisoners often hid valuables in linings and hemlines of clothing.

    • @tacrewgirl
      @tacrewgirl Před 5 měsíci +8

      That's what I thought too

    • @cretailion81
      @cretailion81 Před 4 měsíci +18

      Right! And also, another woman comments on how she found a diamond inside a toothpaste, so she ordered more.

    • @orpheus9037
      @orpheus9037 Před 4 měsíci +10

      Of course, it was well known that new camp arrivals would secrete valuables in the hem lines and seams of garments - among other places - and those charged with inspecting and sorting the luggage that belonged to the incoming knew exactly where to look. The curious thing is that though Hedwig's "new" fur coat didn't contain jewelry in the hems, she did find a tube of lipstick in the pocket. That would have been easily discovered had the coat been inspected in the routine manner, but apparently it had not been. This leads me to assume any high end item selected to go the Hoess household was simply plucked, bagged and sent on regardless whether or not it had been fully examined.

  • @meaganwillcott3177
    @meaganwillcott3177 Před 4 měsíci +76

    Some things I noticed in this film: First the baby was always crying. I think that was very purposeful to show how the baby is aware of the noise, screams, and gunshots and hasn't regarded them as background noise the way the rest of the family has. The baby hasn't been brainwashed into normalizing this life yet and therefore reacts this way. Very powerful. I also think the dog was used to parallel the constant dog barking we hear from the camp, to show how like the people we are watching this dog is just going along with its life the way the family is, whereas the dogs we hear behind the fence barking are doing the same job as the SS. One another thing, I think the sequence of the people cleaning the museum was shown that way to make the viewer think "Wow how can you just go about your job surrounded by such horror" It is the same question you as the viewer ask yourself about the family. Everything is very intentional and purposeful in this film and that's why I think it's so brilliant and powerful

    • @orpheus9037
      @orpheus9037 Před 4 měsíci +7

      I noticed that too about the baby - it did cry a lot - in virtually every scene it was in. But I also noticed there was the occasional sound of babies crying coming from over the fence as well. Just as you point out the sound of the Hoess's pet dog occasionally barking, we also hear barking dogs and crying babies on the other side of the fence - presumably to set up an audio counterpoint. Hard to know whether the Hoess infant was truly disturbed by the sounds it heard - an interesting idea, by the way - or if it was an infant crying due to the usual discomforts an infant experiences: wet diapers, teething pain, hunger, etc. What we do know: whatever the infants on the other side of the fence were crying about, we certainly know it wasn't due to the usual discomforts.

    • @MeghannMonroe
      @MeghannMonroe Před 4 měsíci +1

      I thought the same thing about the ladies at the end.

    • @EdWard-ie5wn
      @EdWard-ie5wn Před 4 měsíci +2

      Babies aren't aware of their surroundings in that way. Babies can only get their needs met by crying

    • @maryrowles8934
      @maryrowles8934 Před 3 měsíci +1

      The baby and the dog are the only creatures aware of the horror. Imagine with the dog’s sense of smell what hell it was in .

  • @yads5678
    @yads5678 Před 5 měsíci +63

    Sad to see history repeating itself. Humans learned nothing. 😔

    • @jM-ms8lh
      @jM-ms8lh Před 4 měsíci +10

      Yeah Hamas are awful :(

    • @minoru8391
      @minoru8391 Před 4 měsíci +22

      ​@@jM-ms8lh you spelled Israel wrong, my love

    • @politefan8141
      @politefan8141 Před 3 měsíci

      @@minoru8391Disgusting comment.

    • @sandromartelli
      @sandromartelli Před 2 měsíci +6

      @@jM-ms8lhyou proved the point. Thanks

  • @MeghannMonroe
    @MeghannMonroe Před 4 měsíci +38

    Just left the film. Came back to y’all’s review. Did y’all notice when the boys were playing in the garden, the older boy locked the younger one in the green house and started making a “spraying” noise. Like he was gassing him. That was crazy!

    • @fishjellyfilmreviews
      @fishjellyfilmreviews  Před 4 měsíci +8

      Yes 😳

    • @louisacoote2337
      @louisacoote2337 Před 4 měsíci +9

      At the start of the film, the younger boy is really into playing with soldiers but by the end he’s not doing that so much, and seems affected by what he hears and sees of the camp from his bedroom window. The older brother has been fully indoctrinated but I felt there was hope that the younger brother hadn’t.

    • @MeghannMonroe
      @MeghannMonroe Před 3 měsíci

      @@louisacoote2337 yes!!!

  • @jonrazon7379
    @jonrazon7379 Před 6 měsíci +110

    It just reminds me how humanity is one step away from inhumanity. Whether you are on the Left or Right, Red or Blue... how a person can dehumanize "them or the other side" to the point where their annihilation is "normalized." Its scary because it happened and it still could especially if we arent self aware enough to get out of our echo chambers.

    • @wanyatelborn
      @wanyatelborn Před 6 měsíci +4

      No truer word spoken

    • @Bozemannn
      @Bozemannn Před 6 měsíci +19

      It is happening right now.

    • @scottshepard1215
      @scottshepard1215 Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@Bozemannnyep

    • @yads5678
      @yads5678 Před 5 měsíci +1

      It is happening. You just proved your own point.

    • @intrusive-th0t
      @intrusive-th0t Před 4 měsíci +6

      At the same time, the actions of the polish servant girl who risked her life to sneak food to the prisoners shows that people are capable of being brave and doing the right thing even when everything in their environment and everyone else around them tells them to do otherwise. Which makes it even harder to excuse people who are cowardly or give into their worst impulses just because “everyone else was doing it”

  • @s.hopkins4490
    @s.hopkins4490 Před 6 měsíci +49

    Nick, fun fact: the dog in the film is Sandra Holler’s own pet Weimaraner 😊

  • @AMERASIAN12
    @AMERASIAN12 Před 4 měsíci +8

    I don't want to give anything away but what Hedwig says so casually to the housemaid towards the end really made an impact on me.

  • @michaelwirick1849
    @michaelwirick1849 Před 4 měsíci +12

    I saw this film a week ago and I have not been able to get it out of my head. Haunting and, at times, horrific. Sound design was important element. Brilliant filmaking

  • @intrusive-th0t
    @intrusive-th0t Před 4 měsíci +15

    The scene where rudolph and hedwig are in bed and she’s laughing about the accordion player they saw on vacation and rudolph mocks her and calls her a pig said so much while saying so little. It’s like he’s starting to realize that she isn’t as ignorant of what he does in the camp and it disgusts him. He is unconsciously disgusted by his own actions but didn’t expect to see the truth of it reflected in his wife’s face. In his mind, his family is supposed to be innocent and his home is supposed to be a refuge or utopia separate from the evil things he sees and does in the camp. They are supposed to be the one pure thing in a dirty and evil world. But in this scene it dawns on him that hedwig isn’t happy because she’s innocent/ignorant- she’s happy because she knows exactly what he’s doing and doesn’t care as long as she gets her luxuries.

    • @blakedavis9335
      @blakedavis9335 Před 4 měsíci +8

      There was one scene where a pig was walking on a trail behind a couple of soldiers. I can’t figure out the symbolism of this but surely it was intentional.

    • @intrusive-th0t
      @intrusive-th0t Před 4 měsíci

      @@blakedavis9335 if I’m thinking of the right scene I think they used the sound design evoking images of genocide, so the screaming baby or screaming pig make you think of screaming victims, or the buzzing of the bees sounds like flies
      Some of the imagery too, the zoom in on the red poppy (?) along with the bee sound made me think of eye sockets, or the way the showerhead from the pool was framed oddly in a scene to remind you of the gas chambers… if you’ve seen enough Holocaust documentaries it’s difficult to unsee. Very effective without being gratuitous imo

    • @KeLLaBee09
      @KeLLaBee09 Před 21 dnem

      I thought she snorted when she laughed so that's why he said oink?

  • @user-fw7go7oj7o
    @user-fw7go7oj7o Před 4 měsíci +12

    People hid their jewelry and valuables in the lining of their coats. She was checking the lining for valuables.

    • @dulcimerrafi
      @dulcimerrafi Před 4 měsíci

      Thanks. I was just about to say this.

  • @LynneJordan11
    @LynneJordan11 Před 6 měsíci +30

    Omg! That girl who finds the sheet music … I sang in a concert of “Music from the Holocaust” so there’s a whole thing about this book of music held in secret and passed along to artists. They passed their composition to the survivors… interesting that they include that aspect of the life of the Holocaust. I can’t wait to see this. I was always aware of the families of the employees so to speak of the concentration camps, and that they were situated in very comfortable homes right alongside the camps.

  • @Brian.Thomas1
    @Brian.Thomas1 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Great review! The baby that was always crying knew that her mother's hair wasn't the only evil thing in that house!

  • @LauraEDavis
    @LauraEDavis Před 5 měsíci +56

    A few notes, the Hedwig's hair in the braids seems to me to symbolize many things, a buttoned uptight nature, it's also very practical and controlled. There is also something most childlike about it from today's POV, it's a style a little girl would wear, like she wants to project her innocence.
    The dog immediately made me think of its sense of smell and how it must be deeply affected 1000x moreso than the humans, and it's seeking affection bc it knows something fucked up is happening around them.
    As for the ending, he wretches but doesn't actually vomit. It's the first sign of his potential humanity, he wants to purge himself, but he just can't. Then the janitors are essentially cleaning up his mess. They are preserving his legacy of horror by cleaning a place made important and solemn that he treated as irrelevant.

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 Před 4 měsíci +7

      It was just a typical German frau hairdo of the times. Doubt it was meant to be symbolic.

    • @intrusive-th0t
      @intrusive-th0t Před 4 měsíci +3

      The retching scene reminded me of the documentary The Act of Killing, which interviewed Indonesian genocide leaders and had a very similar ending

    • @intrusive-th0t
      @intrusive-th0t Před 4 měsíci

      @@yvonneplant9434the Nazis very intentionally presented themselves as stylish and perfectly neat so there is a reason those types of hairstyles were popular. I don’t think an ordinary working class German woman would have done such a bold hairstyle either

    • @annettekearney9798
      @annettekearney9798 Před 4 měsíci +1

      He obviously had gut problems - IBS maybe caused by stress…

  • @mikekim8630
    @mikekim8630 Před 3 měsíci +5

    I'm on winter break. I am going through a lot in life at the moment. Jelly Fish review marathon the last two days has help me a lot. I really enjoyed your guys Q&A. Im also going to listen to your podcast. I can hear you guys all day. Thank you guys for helping me in a rough time in my life.

  • @claytonkelley4921
    @claytonkelley4921 Před 2 měsíci +3

    This film was so disturbing. It’s horrific because the horror is on the sidelines and what you don’t see. Also Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar speech is so relevant

  • @danielager123
    @danielager123 Před 4 měsíci +33

    The girl in night vision speaks Yiddish so is seemingly one of the Jewish servants working in the house, putting apples out for the prisoners in the camp who are being forced to dig

    • @intrusive-th0t
      @intrusive-th0t Před 4 měsíci +22

      Not jewish, she is a local polish girl. The commander’s wife said they wouldn’t allow jews in the house.

    • @kurtrivero368
      @kurtrivero368 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@intrusive-th0tBut was that Polish girl a servant in the house? And the wife never said they wouldn’t allow Jews in the house. At least one of the servants definitely was.

    • @ryanfliegelman3166
      @ryanfliegelman3166 Před 4 měsíci +7

      ​@kurtrivero368 the house servant was a Jew and the person putting the apples was a local girl. The line in reference to no jews being in the house was in response to the grandmother thinking the local girls playing with the family's children were jews. When she's saying no jews in the house she's referring to jews being allowed freely to live/play with their children and not no jews in some form of service role.

    • @intrusive-th0t
      @intrusive-th0t Před 4 měsíci

      @@ryanfliegelman3166 no, they used local Polish girls as servants… the Jewish prisoners worked outside the house. Poles were subject to extermination under the Generalplan Ost but were more useful for labor. They never would have allowed a Jew to work in the house. If she was Jewish she would have had a yellow star on her clothes like the other prisoners.

    • @tonieja8814
      @tonieja8814 Před 3 měsíci +2

      this is a local Polish girl, as far as I know, the director met her personally and her story was shown in the film

  • @Trynacatchfish88
    @Trynacatchfish88 Před 6 měsíci +20

    Nick seems like a dope ass person to have a convo with. I’m a huge movie buff but homie is on another level

  • @Gloria10828
    @Gloria10828 Před 4 měsíci +5

    By far the best review of this film on CZcams . Nick has such in-depth knowledge on the films they review and always excellent analysis. ❤

  • @naomixyz718
    @naomixyz718 Před 5 měsíci +44

    The family dog juxtaposes the dogs in Auschwitz that were trained to attack and kill prisoners. You can hear the dogs barking throughout the movie. That is how I interpreted the significance of the family dog being in almost all of the scenes.

    • @sarabrucker7847
      @sarabrucker7847 Před 5 měsíci +14

      The dog would be disturbed by the other dogs, unlike the humans, who could avoid being disturbed

    • @intrusive-th0t
      @intrusive-th0t Před 4 měsíci +6

      Same thing with the use of the baby crying serving as a reminder of all the babies being murdered next door. Gave me chills

  • @timgriffin3368
    @timgriffin3368 Před 3 měsíci +7

    Best movie this year, Period.
    The apple girl is based on a true girl who did this that died around 90 and Glazer dedicated the film to her.
    My fave of many was when the mother left at night and during breakfast Heddy asked the maid if she spited her by leaving a place set for her mother and then says to her my husband could spread your ashes over the fields. So eerie, wonderful and soooo self reflective for us all.
    Experimental but not too much and Should be viewed by students everywhere.

  • @LynneJordan11
    @LynneJordan11 Před 6 měsíci +24

    I was hoping you were reviewing this one. I can’t wait to see this in theaters. What a story. I’m half dreading it … just watching Hüller trying on that fur coat sends shivers down my spine and that’s just from the preview!

  • @keypeng4164
    @keypeng4164 Před 5 měsíci +36

    I'm a simple man. I will watch anything that A24 produces. They are such a breath of fresh air in an age of marvel and remake crap

  • @douchemonkey44
    @douchemonkey44 Před 4 měsíci +13

    Such an extraordinary film. The best of 2023 and probably the decade.
    On an unrelated note, I want to say as a straight male that you two are extremely good looking guys!

    • @theuniversewithin74
      @theuniversewithin74 Před 4 měsíci +4

      It's a masterpiece that left me speechless. I didn't understand the choice of using digital at first, but it was an artistic choice that got explained by the end. Glazer literally brought the Holocaust into current times by making it look modern - telling that we should never leave it in history to prevent it from ever happening again.
      Not an easy film to watch, but an extremely important work of art.

    • @jay-dubdubb2292
      @jay-dubdubb2292 Před 4 měsíci

      😮🎉

  • @jerryp.927
    @jerryp.927 Před 4 měsíci +8

    to me the ending felt like Hoss looking towards the future and seeing whose remembered. It’s not him, it’s not even the Nazi’s but the Jewish people they killed. While yes, Nazi’s are remembered it’s not in the light that they were striving for. When we talk about Nazi’s its disparaging, we speak about them with malice. Yet the Jewish people are revered, we remember those who had an injustice committed against them. That was what I thought the film was going for, but I could see how that could also be wrong

  • @mywalkabout40
    @mywalkabout40 Před 4 měsíci +8

    This movie just came to my city and just finished it. I thought the family dog was in the scenes to contrast the barking dogs inside the camp itself, but the family dog didn’t react to the barking, seemingly as oblivious to what was going on as the family itself.

  • @nandundissanayake9854
    @nandundissanayake9854 Před 4 měsíci +5

    Hey! From Sri Lanka. You two are one of the few movie critics whose opinion I don't have to take with a grain of salt. So many ones have gone to shit over the years. Thanks for the honest commentary.

  • @joanietails
    @joanietails Před měsícem +1

    I haven’t read the other comments yet so maybe it’s been mentioned, but I think it’s worth noting the callousness of the older brother. Between playing with the teeth and locking the younger brother in the greenhouse, he has clearly become desensitized by his environment. The younger brother is often seen playing by himself and on his own much like the dog. The dog I think is a visual representation of the coldness inside the home (the way it is ignored), and the anxiety outside the home (the way it’s trotting by in almost every scene but with nowhere to go but trapped within the walls of the home/garden). So, even though their home is looked at as a paradise with the lush garden and swimming pool, everyone inside the walls of this property is miserable, and the extermination of the Jews was never going to fix that. As always, I immediately came straight to Fish Jelly as soon as the credits started rolling. Great job guys ❤

  • @theuniversewithin74
    @theuniversewithin74 Před 4 měsíci +3

    It's a masterpiece that left me speechless. I didn't understand the choice of using digital at first, but it was an artistic choice that got explained by the end. Glazer literally brought the Holocaust into current times by making it look modern - telling that we should never leave it in history to prevent it from ever happening again.
    Not an easy film to watch, but an extremely important work of art.

  • @MediaHell
    @MediaHell Před 4 měsíci +3

    Best discussion of the zone of interest I’ve seen on CZcams! You two are fantastic! Very knowledgeable and interesting to listen to. Instant sub!

  • @tylenoljackson9378
    @tylenoljackson9378 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Best review of the dozens I've seen.

  • @louisacoote2337
    @louisacoote2337 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I thought the over exposure sequences with the girl were of the older daughter sneaking out at night, leaving apples for the people forced to work outside of the camp as she leaves them just behind each shovel.

  • @macebluemoon369
    @macebluemoon369 Před 6 měsíci +6

    This morning this movie was nominated for some Golden Globes. I'm excited to see this important film. It will be interesting to see how well it does with Oscar voters.

  • @onyx368
    @onyx368 Před 4 měsíci +3

    2024 - Just saw this film. Who watched this and can acknowledge that there was something so abnormal about the Höss children. For a supposed idyllic setting those children were so bizarre. It was very unsettling to see the children act so creepily.

  • @mikebrown1485
    @mikebrown1485 Před 4 měsíci +3

    When Joseph describes the scene where the commandant comes home and he rinses the blood off his boots - “and he just does it, like it was nothing.” I could tell Joseph was bothered by that moment in the film based on his reaction. The movie seems to be about the bliss of evil.

  • @fayemoss7282
    @fayemoss7282 Před 6 měsíci +11

    Even though spoilers I can't wait to here their take. My new favorite movie reviewers ❤

  • @kathammer1133
    @kathammer1133 Před 2 měsíci +1

    just watched it tonight - been looking at a lot of reviews here on yt - THANK YOU FOR TALKING ABOUT THE DOG! even though me and my friend thought the dog represented the ,,Gräuel, das halt überall mitläuft!'' as in a shadow that is always attached to you, always following you around, always reminding you of the reality you try to supress, please let me know what you think about this in the comments ^ ^

  • @linneysalas1937
    @linneysalas1937 Před 6 měsíci +5

    Your review shook me. I plan to see this, even though it will disturb me

  • @vivaciousom5347
    @vivaciousom5347 Před 6 měsíci +10

    This review has reminded me of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Horrifying but very well made movie.

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Kind of. This, however, is about real people.

    • @tacrewgirl
      @tacrewgirl Před 5 měsíci

      Same

    • @susanalfieri4487
      @susanalfieri4487 Před 4 měsíci +4

      Yes, but that book is classified YA (Young Adult). This is like the sophisticated, terrifying, spare, arthouse version of that.

    • @helenapappas7891
      @helenapappas7891 Před 4 měsíci

      This! Similar themes with the proximity to the camp

  • @courtney5623
    @courtney5623 Před 6 měsíci +5

    I do t usually go for these movies but now I can’t wait to see this. Thank you both!

  • @davidbasset7557
    @davidbasset7557 Před měsícem

    i was gawking at the furniture and the architecture, production design team did a terrific job

  • @matthewmartinez3774
    @matthewmartinez3774 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Great review guys! Thanks 🤙🏾

  • @thundercheeks1989
    @thundercheeks1989 Před 4 měsíci +3

    enjoyed hearing yall talk about this. cant get it out of my mind.

  • @keyboardwarriorrose
    @keyboardwarriorrose Před 4 měsíci +3

    I just found you two and I am so glad I did. Kudos to both of you for your incredible research and analysis! Btw, I do 40s style and Hedwig's hair was hideous!!!

  • @carobinsonrobinson3109
    @carobinsonrobinson3109 Před 2 měsíci

    I think it takes seeing this movie a couple of times to really feel it. Like you said the sound of this movie was so masterful! ( it won a academy award) well deserved! This movie was extremely hard for me to watch, my family was in Auschwitz, they were polish, and survived, but such horrible things happened to them, just horrific!

  • @Millienfilm81
    @Millienfilm81 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I just saw the Zone of Interest, and found it to be masterful, thought provoking, and honest. A high recommendation and thank you gentlemen.

  • @LizNeptune
    @LizNeptune Před 13 dny

    Her mother said F THIS!! IM OUT!! Got in the first thing smoking. Hedwig was so pissed, her mother must’ve told her about herself in that letter cause she burned it after!!

  • @veganpeace7890
    @veganpeace7890 Před 6 měsíci +7

    This sounds like a really hard movie to watch. I don't know if I'll have the heart, I appreciate this review.

  • @roaringscot
    @roaringscot Před 5 měsíci +12

    Great review from you two, this sounds like an important film. From Google, re the symbolism of the ubiquitous Black Dog, one interpretation: "Many people believe that black dogs are the watchdogs of the other world, which is why they are considered to be a link to the afterlife and the departed. In a lot of different cultures, there are some animals that are supposed to watch over the boundary between the realm of the living and the world of the dead".

    • @susanalfieri4487
      @susanalfieri4487 Před 4 měsíci +2

      This is a very interesting take on the dog, which made me think of Cerberus, the hound of hell.

  • @01denese
    @01denese Před 3 měsíci +1

    I think a black dog symbolizes depression. Winston Churchill said he always had a "black dog" with him. "Churchill knew it and named it his “black dog”, following Samuel Johnson (who, like many great men, suffered from the great disease of manic-depression)."

  • @user-oo3pw8or7t
    @user-oo3pw8or7t Před 2 měsíci +1

    Keep up the great work.

  • @erikchristensen822
    @erikchristensen822 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Eerily similar ending to The Act of Killing with the perpetrator of genocide retching

  • @CarolinaTorres-fg7so
    @CarolinaTorres-fg7so Před 5 měsíci

    I want to watch it, but can’t find a screening near me!

  • @ceced1417
    @ceced1417 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Just saw that this movie was nominated for best film so curious what is was about. Thank you for great review. Not sure if I want to see this disturbing film so thank you.

  • @cb_2887
    @cb_2887 Před 4 měsíci +2

    **SPOILERS**
    I think the ending, time shifting to the present day museum, shows that Rudolf (in a strange metaphorical sense) had a small realization of the atrocities he was doing and "saw" the aftermath of the Holocaust that it eventually led him to "feel" which is why I guess he was almost throwing up but he didn't. Instead, he composed himself and continued walking down the dark staircase and continued on with the horrific actions after the film ends. The film made me feel so much and broke my heart but was also very well done and presented the Holocaust in a way we have never seen or experienced before.

  • @clips001ify
    @clips001ify Před 5 měsíci

    Haven’t seen the film yet. Does anyone know- is the house adjacent to Auschwitz I or II- Birkenau? Hope the film comes out in more than one theatre in Toronto..

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 Před 4 měsíci +2

      The house is right next to Auschwitz I. Right next to the wall that surrounds A. I. You can see the "barrocks" of it and the tower with " staff" manning it.

  • @chestnutrose187
    @chestnutrose187 Před 6 měsíci +16

    Movies like this are very disturbing because of how evil some people are/were.

    • @Tyson-xd5ct
      @Tyson-xd5ct Před 6 měsíci +1

      That’s right …good job 🙄

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 Před 5 měsíci

      It's more disturbing that apparently lots of young people think the Holocaust is a myth. No, I'm not kidding.

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 Před 5 měsíci

      The villa was right next to Auschwitz I which was the oldest part of the Auschwitz complex.

    • @guyl3000
      @guyl3000 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Scariest part is when you realize how ordinary people were complicit in this atrocity. You are capable of great evil, as am I.

    • @goldenhourg
      @goldenhourg Před 4 měsíci +1

      History is repeating itself in Gaza. Don’t look away. Don’t be complicit.

  • @janicehummel8447
    @janicehummel8447 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Just curious... what kept this from being a 5 out of 5?

  • @erikchristensen822
    @erikchristensen822 Před 6 měsíci +1

    I know nick is a member of the lafca and they spent all day Sunday voting and thus won best picture. I'd imagine nick was there and influenced things!

  • @elebea868
    @elebea868 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Just saw this movie. Eerie. Shocking. Disturbing

  • @vetiwearerdaimyo1592
    @vetiwearerdaimyo1592 Před 6 měsíci +6

    Leave the World Behind, soon?

    • @JackC22234
      @JackC22234 Před 6 měsíci +1

      It was the definition of ight

  • @marekfalda95
    @marekfalda95 Před měsícem

    The girls leaving the food for inmates is a real person. Her name was Aleksandra Bystroń-Kołodziejczyk and she was a Polish girl working in the Polish anti-german resistance (why would she be German? Auschwitz was in occupied Poland…).

  • @courtney5623
    @courtney5623 Před 6 měsíci +3

    The thumbnail Nick looks the cat is on the kitchen counter again 😂

  • @shelleymharper
    @shelleymharper Před 6 měsíci +2

    Wow sounds like I have to check out this director 🙂

  • @metallewd3472
    @metallewd3472 Před 3 měsíci

    the dog is actually Sandra Huller's.

  • @maryrowles8934
    @maryrowles8934 Před 3 měsíci +1

    You hated Sandra‘s hair? What about the commandant the actor when interviewed somewhere said” I spent two Christmases with that charming hairdo” or something to that effect

  • @meekookinjonny3354
    @meekookinjonny3354 Před 4 měsíci +4

    The idea of hearing the terror instead of seeing it was really eerie, and although it was a very creative perspective, I thought this film definitely would've fit better in a short film timeframe. I was shocked to see this nominated for Best Picture

  • @ravensheaven5
    @ravensheaven5 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I like it more than Oppenheimer. Totally different approach compared to Son of Saul. Hopefully, it gets more recognition.

  • @tonieja8814
    @tonieja8814 Před 3 měsíci

    This house was the house of a Polish army sergeant (he went to fight in the war), his family was forcibly evicted and their house and belongings were taken away by the Nazis, they were probably murdered in the camp. Today, people living in this house and the surrounding buildings include employees of the museum in Oświęcim (employees, guides, administration workers)

  • @dulcimerrafi
    @dulcimerrafi Před 4 měsíci

    My take on the epilogue was that it showed people coming face-to-face with the remnants and reminders of inhumanity but seeming unfazed by it.

  • @hellokittycutie2003
    @hellokittycutie2003 Před 6 měsíci +13

    7:10 Makes me think of the post I just saw the other day of a girl bragging about her idf soldier boyfriend bringing her ‘gifts from gaza.’ It was makeup.

    • @Bozemannn
      @Bozemannn Před 6 měsíci +5

      The historical comparisons are stark and disturbing yes.

  • @velvet2132
    @velvet2132 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I can’t wait to watch this movie

  • @puspavelai8353
    @puspavelai8353 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Just the 'emotional rollercoaster ride effect it had on me...and that's just from the 'nuggets' of the *unseen* than what's *on screen* that both of you so, uhm 'delicately' put forward! Excellent comments, that made me "recheck" what the Holocaust was all about, to reconfirm (🤨?) that History.

  • @dlc2479
    @dlc2479 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Btw the IRL woman that Hoss abuses isn't Jewish. People are assuming that she and the servants wee Jewish but they weren't. The servants were Poles and the woman was an Austrian political prisoner.
    The Jewish community made up the majority of the victims but the Roma community lost more of their ppl on a percentage basis and other victims included Poles, gay, mentally ill ppl and women who had abortions

  • @ThomasKirby-ub4vy
    @ThomasKirby-ub4vy Před 5 měsíci +4

    What glazer shows us is the same In under the skin. Human beings are capable of good and evil. As evil and hateful the main characters are, they do care for their children, their home, they respect and love nature and the growth of plants. Of course this is meant to anger us when watching the movie but just like under the skin.. Laura experiences both humans helping her one second then the next one human tries to forcefully have sex with her. How do we resolve this? In both under skin and “zone” .. the answer is we can’t. And that’s the horror of it. Beauty and evil both existing in one place. The film then asks what the perpetrators did was horrendous… but is displaying and hanging up these atrocities is a museum to take pictures attributing to it?

  • @mida2202
    @mida2202 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Thank you for your work. 🌈🌹🌷🏳️‍🌈

  • @bunnyblurrz
    @bunnyblurrz Před 5 měsíci +1

    Please review Michael Haneke films!!!

  • @wordscapes5690
    @wordscapes5690 Před 3 měsíci +1

    The family name is pronounced “hearse” not “hoss”. There is an umlaut on the “o”. Sorry to be pedantic, but it is important, as there are other SS criminals with similar sounding names. It can lead to confusion.

  • @Cravatron
    @Cravatron Před 4 měsíci +2

    You love Under the Skin? New favorite channel.

  • @PatchGuilf
    @PatchGuilf Před 3 měsíci

    It's a local Polish girl planting the food for the workers who are forced labour in nearby areas. Based on a real life person

  • @matsalvatore9074
    @matsalvatore9074 Před 4 měsíci

    Why cant i watch this anywhere

  • @ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy
    @ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy Před 6 měsíci +1

    Power house proteins. 💀

  • @blackamericanlesbianprofes4357

    I love how Nick introduces each movie title, it is a trademark to your channel. Makes me laugh and smile at the same time. I'm not interested in watching this movie, even though I love depth and honest movies. 12dec23

  • @MissPerriwinkle
    @MissPerriwinkle Před 3 měsíci +1

    incredibly slow, but i guess i understand its purpose.....

  • @AR-kf8dr
    @AR-kf8dr Před 4 měsíci

    Saw it today. I need a minute...

  • @tarakelleher9699
    @tarakelleher9699 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Sadly this movie is hardy playing at any theatres
    You need to make an effort to find one and see it

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Yes, it's only limited release right now.
      I did see the first trailer in a theater so I am still hoping I will get to see it in a theater.

    • @tacosarethebest7377
      @tacosarethebest7377 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Yea A24’s theatrical distribution is always weird as fuck which sucks. But this will be in more theaters in a few weeks/early January for its wider release.

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 Před 5 měsíci

      @@tacosarethebest7377 Hopefully yes.

  • @2023Sweetcherry
    @2023Sweetcherry Před 6 měsíci +4

    Nick I must say your beard looks very dapper and sexy 🤗

  • @christopherclark5604
    @christopherclark5604 Před měsícem

    It's on Max right now everyone. Disturbing movie. Haven't stopped thinking about it for a week now.

  • @sagsag9630
    @sagsag9630 Před 6 měsíci +17

    You would think people who gone through this would be the last to occupy and commit genocide

    • @vvdik
      @vvdik Před 5 měsíci +2

      my thought exactly

    • @jwuk11345
      @jwuk11345 Před 5 měsíci +7

      People don't learn, sadly. Doesn't matter what race or culture or religion people are, they will use mental gymnastics to justify what they're doing so they can keep their comfortable lives. Pretty much all humans do it.

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Israel isn't going anywhere. Jordan is the Palestinian state.

    • @sagsag9630
      @sagsag9630 Před 5 měsíci +6

      @@yvonneplant9434 based on what? a fictional ancient book? that land was called Palestine resident by Palestinians who were/are muslims christians jews living peacefully, there was no single ethnic identity apartheid regime called Israel 70 years ago.

    • @TalKScribe
      @TalKScribe Před 5 měsíci

      Then you'll be glad to know they're not.

  • @hansmir5443
    @hansmir5443 Před 4 měsíci

    Unfortunately It will be like that forever. 😕😕😕

  • @mazzystarr7078
    @mazzystarr7078 Před 3 měsíci

    Young polish girl.

  • @unskeptable
    @unskeptable Před 5 měsíci +1

    It is an enjoyable movie. But quite flat ans slow at times

  • @joed7185
    @joed7185 Před 5 měsíci +11

    10/10.....Saw this last night. Great Film, my favorite of '23 but especially with everything going on with Israel/Palestine, I just couldn't help but think how ironic it is that Israel are currently acting like the Nazi's towards the people of Gaza.

    • @crepusculo4ever
      @crepusculo4ever Před 4 měsíci +3

      *Thank you* thank you thank you! I have been scrolling for a few minutes in a few different “Zone of Interest” yt vids for a comment like yours.
      If I may, I’d like to share Truthout’s most recent podcast episode released on January 18th. It’s a nonprofit news org and the episode centers around Palestine. I’m on minute 16 and what I’ve gathered thus far is this: western imperialists (America and Britain) groomed zionists in their image. Israelis were the oppressed and are now the oppressors. Israelis have also killed Israeli hostages and soldiers with their own friendly fire 😓

    • @groundcontrol436385
      @groundcontrol436385 Před 4 měsíci

      @@crepusculo4ever You're a sicko.

    • @lonewolf604
      @lonewolf604 Před 4 měsíci

      Really? and how about hamas and other islamic countries that want to displace and murder Israelis/jews?

    • @maayansorani
      @maayansorani Před 4 měsíci

      I still wouldn’t compare Israel to the Nazis

    • @dlc2479
      @dlc2479 Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@maayansoraniwhy not?

  • @courtney5623
    @courtney5623 Před 6 měsíci

    Dont

  • @vasilakiz
    @vasilakiz Před 6 měsíci +13

    in place of the concentration camp put gaza and in place of the beautiful house/garden put israel

    • @b0emyumyum28
      @b0emyumyum28 Před 6 měsíci +9

      Perfect analogy, free Palestine

    • @macebluemoon369
      @macebluemoon369 Před 6 měsíci +1

      BOO! HISS!

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@b0emyumyum28Jordan is the Palestinian state.

    • @lonewolf604
      @lonewolf604 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Cringe. What is it with woke people and applying colonialism/genocide into everything? Do you know about why Israel became a state in the first place? Do you know that muslim countries displaced jews to begin with? Do you know that hamas fired on a peace festival in Israel?

    • @maayansorani
      @maayansorani Před 4 měsíci

      No that’s sick