#197: RESNAIS, Alain: Night And Fog (1955)
RESNAIS, Alain (France)
Night And Fog [1955]
Spine #197
DVD
DVD
Ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, filmmaker Alain Resnais documented the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz and Majdanek. 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. With Night and Fog, Resnais investigates the cyclical nature of man's violence toward man and presents the unsettling suggestion that such horrors could come again.
31 minutes
Color and Black & White
Color and Black & White
Monaural
in French
1:33:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2003
Director
Alain Resnais was 33 when he directed Night and Fog.
Other Resnais films in the Collection:
#196: Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
#478: Last Year At Marienbad (1961)
#824: Muriel, Or The Time Of The Return (1963)
The Film
Other Resnais films in the Collection:
#196: Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
#478: Last Year At Marienbad (1961)
#824: Muriel, Or The Time Of The Return (1963)
The Film
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Eight-page wraparound featuring an essay by Russell Lack.
Commentary
None.
Excerpt
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Eight-page wraparound featuring an essay by Russell Lack.
Commentary
None.
Excerpt
From an audio interview with Resnais, from Les Étoile du cinéma (1994).
Optional isolated music track
Essay 1
Optional isolated music track
Essay 1
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