This is night and fog by umschoolofcommunication on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Directed by alain resnais, it was made ten years after the liberation of german concentration camps. Everything you need to know about night and fog movie. That night and fog ended up this way proved something of a surprise to many. New sealed harry potter the complete 8 film collection dvd 2011, 8. Interweaving wartime footage with haunting images of. Alain resnais interview on night and fog nuit et brouillard 1955. In night and fog in zona, jung talks to wang about his ideas on cinema, in which the concept of time is crucial and for both of them tarkovsky is a hero.
Night and fog in zona 2015 on chinese documentary filmmaker wang bing, and cloud, encore 2018 on korean filmmaker im kwontaek. Recognize the relationship between the documentary and historical knowledge recognize the relationship between of film and cultural memory introduction. For the second year in a row, a documentary feature won the grand prize at south koreas wildflower film awards. It puts nemess work in a formal continuum with all those previous holocaustobsessed benchmarks of film history. Vital evidence proving the holocaust, from the film footage of huge crowds of mostly jews at the rail depots, to the photos of dead jews as they open the train doors at the death camps, then even more the film of huge crowds in a holding area at the camp, then most of all the photos of huge crowds of naked jews moments before entering the gas chamber. Alain resnais interview on night and fog nuit et brouillard. The producers, samy halfon and anatole dauman had already raised the money, in conjunction with japanese supporters, to present a tale of the suffering after the. His next two works document two wellknown directors. One of the first cinematic reflections on the horrors of the holocaust, night and fog nuit et brouillard contrasts the stillness of the abandoned camps quiet, empty buildings with haunting wartime footage container. Our mission is to guide film lovers searching, lost or adrift in an overwhelming sea of content. Night and fog with music of fred vogels to show why back to normandy. Film provides a major source of discourse on the past and. Jung sungil born july 4, 1959 is a south korean film critic, director and screenwriter. Night and fog in zona, the cineessay by jeong sungil, critic turned director.
Slow cinema in the fast lane at doclisboa international. Night and fog dvd, 2016, criterion collection for sale. Filmed in 1955 at several concentration camps in poland, the film combines new color and black and white footage with black and white newsreels, footage shot by the victorious allies, and stills, to tell the story not only of the camps, but to portray the horror of mans brutal inhumanity. Resnaiss night and fog takes the viewer on a harrowing journey through the auschwitzbirkenau deathcamp complex, mixing color footage of the site shot for the movie with blackandwhite archival material. The cineessay follows the renowned chinese filmmaker wang bing as he works on two of his projects, til madness do us part 20 and alone 20. It made its world premiere at the 20th busan international film festival in 2015. There have been numerous books about the making of a film.
Stay on top of the latest breaking film and tv news. Light in the dark ohad landesman on night and fog if i had found an actual film, claude lanzmann is famously quoted saying, a secret film, since that was strictly forbiddenmade by an ss man and showing how 3,000 jews, men, women, and children, died together, asphyxiated in a gas chamber of the crematorium 2 in auschwitzif i found that, not only would i not have shown it, but i. Filmed in 1955 at auschwitz, alain resnais combines color footage with black and white newsreels and stills to tell the story of not just the holocaust, but the horror of mans brutal inhumanity. Otherwise, you wont have left enough time to watch the 235 minute night and fog in zona, korean filmmaker jung sungils documentation of accompanying wang bing on a monthslong film shoot. The opening to what francois truffaut once called the greatest film ever made, alain resnais directs, script by jean cayrol, narration by michel bouquet, from the essaydocumentary night and fog, 1955. Night and fog represents the peak of director alain resnais activities as a shortsubject filmmaker.
Night and fog won the prestigious prix jean vigo, and was selected for the cannes festival. Night and fog in zona iffr iffr international film. And you might miss downhill, portuguese filmmaker miguel faros 17minute, largely skateboardmounted view of lisbon streets. What was to have been a documentary about the us bombing of hiroshima at the end of world war ii, in the manner of resnais previous work about the holocaust, his 1955 film night and fog, became something quite different. Ten years after the liberation of the nazi concentration camps, filmmaker alain resnais documented the abandoned grounds of auschwitz and majdanek. Alain resnaiss night and fog nuit et brouillard, 1955 is a 31minute film about the nazi concentration camps that has been called the greatest documentary film every made indeed, francois truffaut called it simply the greatest film ever made 1. The film watches wang, witnessing how difficult, how dangerous and how painful that process is. But after officials from the west german embassy saw the film at a private screening authorized in all innocence by dauman, a letter was sent to the french foreign minister, christian pineau, demanding that the film be withdrawn from the french lineup. Set during ww ii, a frankenstein like infectious mist unleashed on a military base transforms its victims into preternatural creatures of the night.
Mix play all mix international film festival rotterdam youtube dust in the wind. Night and fog bluray disc, 2016, criterion collection. Night and fog in zona, through the eyes of wang bing il. International film festival rotterdam recommended for you. Asian cinema 100 ranks top 100 asian films of all time and it was completed with the help from directors, critics. However, this film is not just a makingof documentary. Night and fog in zona en trailer mline distribution. For one whole winter, south korean film critic jung sungil followed his hero, chinese documentary maker wang bing.
The documentary film from french director resnais set ten years after the second world war depicts the problems of auschwitz with shocking images from the concentration camps. Alain resnaiss brilliant and disturbing documentary of the nazi concentration camps. The oscarnominated documentarian discusses resnaiss film made in 1955, ten years after the liberation of the nazi concentration campswhich was one of the first to confront the devastation of the holocaust. The residents of a remote island are turned into monsters when a military experiment goes terribly wrong. A well regarded film criticturneddirector, jung debuted with the romance melodrama film cafe noir 2009.
This film, based on the masters take on cinema, is definitely one of the best nonfiction movies seen this year, not only for its fascinating subject, but also for its ability to resonate with wang bings own style at a deep and aesthetic level. Night and fog dvd johnson county library bibliocommons. The documentary features the abandoned grounds of auschwitz and majdanek. Jungs style mirrors that of wang, not only in length his cine essay lasts almost 4 hours but also in his predilection for observational long takes, the absence of a voiceover, abstract landscapes and minimalist music. Resnais juxtaposes the quiet countryside with hell and death and creates the feeling of historys worst nightmare. We offer text, images, sounds and video as critical maps, passways and illuminations to the worlds of. Vital evidence proving the holocaust, from the film footage of huge crowds of mostly jews at the rail depots, to the photos of dead jews as they open the train doors at the death camps, then even more the film of huge crowds in a holding area at the camp, then most of all the photos of huge crowds of naked jews moments before entering the gas. Spirit science 23 the sacred geometry movie duration. But doesnt there appear something excessive about a 300plus page book on a film that runs to only 32. The 20th busan international film festival was held from october 1 to october 10.
The film is a perfect, brief way of not only remembering, but educating. Night and fog in zona jung sungil korea radio set hari viswanath india. Remnants documentary wins koreas wildflower awards. Night and fog 1955 movie clip even a peaceful landscape airing. The cinematic experimentation with a violent clash between what is seen and what is heard makes night and fog in zona a film. July 24, 2016 alain resnais night and fog nuit et brouillard runs barely over 30 minutes, yet it manages to pack a lifetime of horrors into its halfhour length.
Nuit et brouillard is a 1956 french documentary short film. Bing is known for his long films, which last between nine and fifteen hours. It makes for a jarring contrast, which was exactly what resnais wanted, as we see peaceful vistas of the quiet spaces of auschwitz. Certainly the idea of making a film about such a horror must have been a daunting prospect to a person of resnaiss integrity, and when he. Cheondangui bamgwa angae is a 2015 south korean documentary film directed by jung sungil.