Shoah (1985)

[McCrutchy]

Shoah Blu-ray PRE-ORDER

Over a decade in the making, Claude Lanzmann's nine-hour-plus opus is a monumental investigation of the unthinkable: the murder of more than six million Jews by the Nazis. Using no archival footage, Lanzmann instead focuses on first-person testimonies (of survivors and former Nazis, as well as other witnesses), employing a circular, free-associative method in assembling them. The intellectual yet emotionally overwhelming Shoah is not a film about excavating the past but an intensive portrait of the ways in which the past is always present, and it is inarguably one of the most important cinematic works of all time.

Special Features:
New high-definition digital film restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
Three additional films by director Claude Lanzmann: A Visitor from the Living (1999, 68 minutes), Sobibor, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m. (2001, 102 minutes), and The Karski Report (2010, 54 minutes)
New conversation between critic Serge Toubiana and Lanzmann
Interview with Lanzmann about A Visitor from the Living and Sobibor
New conversation between associate director of photography Caroline Champetier and filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin
Trailer
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Kent Jones and writings by Lanzmann

[A Tortured Duckling]

Wow, this is great news. I never got around to buying the DVD, so i will definitely jump on this release.

[Jr7936]

this is the best criterion annoucement in a while, i think since on the waterfront

[Crimson King]

sounds like an interesting doc, but VERY depressing (and a 9 hr running time)

[Oscar Rothman]

So stoked for the blu-ray of Shoa! A powerful and evocative masterpiece of commemorative culture!

[spf781]

Wow. Awesome news. Amazing work of cinema.

[Abdrewes]

One of my top anticipated CC releases now.

[jah13]

Originally Posted by Crimson King

sounds like an interesting doc, but VERY depressing (and a 9 hr running time)

Yes, it's long, but this is a transcendant piece of cinema. A must-see, and it really makes almost everything else on the subject, in terms of cinema, somewhat redundant. Best, if viewed in as close to one sitting as one can manage.

[Snicket]

That MSRP....

[ultlife2013]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Getting if for 40 something after BN50, member discount and possible coupons will be a great deal though.

That deal is the kind I want to take behind the 7-eleven and you know what.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by ultlife2013

That deal is the kind I want to take behind the 7-eleven and you know what.

...well even if I just get the flat 50% ill be happy. Better star beefing up my savings.

[Kalekulan]

I haven't heard of this before. Watched the first 10min on Youtube(profanity, I know) and it seems fantastic. When is the B&N Criterion sales? Was it two times a year? When is the next?

[cdias_md]

$49.99 at barnes and noble

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dvd-...n=715515105415

[Tybo28]

Picked this up at Barnes and Noble. I can't imagine watching it too often but I wanted to have it.

[Jr7936]

even though I have seen shoah once the film will probably come in handy once again during my upper division history class the modern history of Israel , since a lot of the topics in the class are dealt with in the film

[pred895]

Shoah: And 4 Films After Shoah >> Unboxing and Photos



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[ArnoldLayne56]

Claude Lanzmann obituary:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/05/o...mann-dead.html

[Jlouisbarrett]

Which is considered the superior release PQ and extras-wise? The Criterion or the Eureka?

[koberulz]

Eureka.

[Wernski]

Well, just in terms of extras, I'd say Criterion. It has exclusive extras (the two hours or so of interviews). Eureka has the entire extra film (Last of the Unjust), but that can be bought separately, while the Criterion extras cannot.