Description
Claude Lanzmann's epic 1985 film 'Shoah' tells the story of the Holocaust through interviews with survivors of the extermination camps, bystanders who watched or participated in mass murder, and some of the perpetrators of genocide. Sue Vice addresses Lanzmann's central role in the film and the issue of representing the unrepresentable.
...an insightful, balanced and accessible way into this intimidating work.' - Total Film
About the Author
SUE VICE ?is Professor of English Literature at the University of Sheffield, UK. She is the author of Introducing Bakhtin (1997), Holocaust Fiction (2000), Children Writing the Holocaust (2004) and Jack Rosenthal (2009), and the editor of Representing the Holocaust: Essays in Honour of Bryan Burns (2003).
Reviews
...an insightful, balanced and accessible way into this intimidating work. -- Total Film
Book Information
ISBN 9781844573257
Author Sue Vice
Format Paperback
Page Count 128
Imprint BFI Publishing
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Series BFI Film Classics
...an insightful, balanced and accessible way into this intimidating work.' - Total Film
About the Author
SUE VICE ?is Professor of English Literature at the University of Sheffield, UK. She is the author of Introducing Bakhtin (1997), Holocaust Fiction (2000), Children Writing the Holocaust (2004) and Jack Rosenthal (2009), and the editor of Representing the Holocaust: Essays in Honour of Bryan Burns (2003).
Reviews
...an insightful, balanced and accessible way into this intimidating work. -- Total Film
Book Information
ISBN 9781844573257
Author Sue Vice
Format Paperback
Page Count 128
Imprint BFI Publishing
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Series BFI Film Classics
