The Zone of Interest is very slow and very boring. I would be surprised if many people make it through the entire movie. I watched to the end, but my goal after about 60 minutes was writing a review warning viewers against wasting their time.
The film attempts to create a metaphor showing normal family life juxtaposed to the horror of the Hollocaust. Specifically, we watch a camp director and his German family living a "normal" existence next to a Concentration Camp. Emphasizing the eccentricity, the camp's wall with its barbed wire top borders the family's homestead where the children play.
The film's premise and metaphor fail. You never see the atrocities (which is not necessary for a film's plot), but only hear some screams, gunshots, and the constant sound of the human disposal ovens. Even the film's opening goes blank for an extended time, making the audience wonder if there is a visual failure.
The film attempts to create a metaphor showing normal family life juxtaposed to the horror of the Hollocaust. Specifically, we watch a camp director and his German family living a "normal" existence next to a Concentration Camp. Emphasizing the eccentricity, the camp's wall with its barbed wire top borders the family's homestead where the children play.
The film's premise and metaphor fail. You never see the atrocities (which is not necessary for a film's plot), but only hear some screams, gunshots, and the constant sound of the human disposal ovens. Even the film's opening goes blank for an extended time, making the audience wonder if there is a visual failure.
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