Film show: Jonathan Glazer’s ‘The Zone of Interest’ examines evil without showing horror
By France24
01 February 2024 |
2:05 pm
In “The Zone of Interest,” Jonathan Glazer's new Oscar-nominated film examining compartmentalized evil during the Holocaust, the director makes the choice not to depict the horrific acts occurring inside the death camps.
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