Claude Lanzmann's Shoah Key Essays [Paperback]

Claude Lanzmann's monumental Shoah is the most celebrated film about the Holocaust ever made. Vivid accounts of the destruction of European Jewry by those who witnessed the slaughter at first hand make Lanzmann's film a compelling meditation on a defining catastrophe of the twentieth century. This collection offers the best writing on this remarkable cinematic achievement and brings together a range of appreciations, analyses and critiques by leading American, French and Polish critics and commentators. Their essays examine Shoah from its inception through its reception in France, Europe and the United States. New in English are translations of some of Lanzmann's key texts and interviews.

This is an indispensable guide to a work of art that is itself indispensable, especially given current politics.Shoahis a monument that remains alive. Highly recommended. --M. Yacowar,CHOICE

This is an indispensable guide to a work of art that is itself indispensable, especially given current politics.Shoahis a monument that remains alive. Highly recommended. --M. Yacowar,CHOICE

Full of fascinating and frequently poignant comments...For those interested in the cinema of the Holocaust and also those interested in documentary film making methods this book is a must. --Kinoeye

Stuart Liebmanis Professor of the History of Cinema at The City University of New York Graduate Center.