Synopses & Reviews
How does one create a film on the Holocaust that is both morally just and marketable? Annette Insdorf recognizes the inherent dilemma of dealing with such a sensitive and controversial subject and probes the issue of how to morally consider all the victims of the Holocaust as well as how to prompt the audience to think about the screen's horrific images. \[I\]Indelible Shadows\[/I\] looks at such individual films as \[I\]Judgment at Nuremberg, Cabaret, The Sorrow and the Pity, The Last Metro, The Boys from Brazil, The Pawnbroker\[/I\], and \[I\]The Great Dictator\[/I\]. This new edition also takes into account such recent films as \[I\]Shoah\[/I\]. (Originally published by Random House, 1983.)\[P\] \[I\]Annette Insdorf\[/I\] is the author of the widely acclaimed \[I\]Francois Truffaut\[/I\] and a frequent contributor to \[I\]The New York Times, American Film, \[/I\]and\[I\] The Los Angeles Times\[/I\].
Review
"...a powerful, passionate and poignant book...her understanding of film is superb and her sensitivity to the Holocaust is evident..." Michael Berenbaum, Project Director, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum"Indelible Shadows is an invaluable guide for both the general reader and the scholar, and a must for any library collection." Jerusalem Post
Synopsis
'Indelible Shadows investigates some of the profound questions raised by any attempt to create a film based on the Holocaust. How does one make a movie that is both morally just and marketable? Annette Insdorf recognizes the dilemma inherent in dealing with this sensitive and controversial subject. She probes cinematic language and its capacity to stimulate the audience\'s moral consideration. The book not only provides sensitive readings of individual films but also analyzes more theoretical issues such as the \'truth claims\' of the cinematic medium.'
Description
Filmography: p. [267]-276. Bibliography: p. [277]-282.
Table of Contents
'Foreword Elie Wiesel; Preface; Introduction; Part I. Finding an Appropriate'