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SIMON WIESENTHAL
December 31, 1908 -
- September 20, 2005 |
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REVIEWS
VARIETY
Title of documentary about famed Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal
really says it all: Pic is less concerned with the story of his
life than is with the process of ensuring that the Holocaust (and
other genocidal crimes) are not denied or forgotten. Mixture of
interviews, news footage and other material makes clear just what
those who would remember are up against. Docu will score in limited
situations and should have a strong ancillary life.
Filmmakers Johanna Heer and Werner Schmiedel get beyond the
notion of Wiesenthal as avenging angel who helped provide the
evidence that led to the capture of Adolf Eichmann and who discovered
the man who arrested Anne Frank. Although those stories are recounted,
what is more interesting is the indifference which with his efforts
are often met by those in authority (...)
THE ART OF REMEMBRANCE is about dealing with the past - and,
pointedly, not running away from such issues in the present.
(...) filmmakers have created an important document.
---VARIETY, Daniel M.Kimmel
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