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In this episode of Rosie the Reviewer, we discuss Son of Saul (2015), László Nemes’ profoundly human film set inside Auschwitz. Told entirely through the tight perspective of a Jewish Sonderkommando prisoner named Saul, the film is entirely glamourless. We talk about how the narrow framing, blurred periphery, and overwhelming soundscape place you in a world where there’s no yesterday and no tomorrow, only the present.
Learn more about the Sonderkommando, the 1944 uprising and tell us what you think about this movie.
Other episodes mentioned
Ep 86 – Bruce McKenna on The Pacific, Band of Brothers, and the stories he’d like to tell.
In this episode of Rosie the Reviewer, we welcome an extraordinary guest: Bruce McKenna, co-executive producer, creator, and principal writer of The Pacific, and writer of the Bastogne episode of Band of Brothers. We talk about the moral stakes of war, what made it into the episodes and what didn’t, and why everything is about narrative and theme.
We explore Bruce’s creative process and the kind of stories he likes to tell. This one may change how you look at WWII media.
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Son of Saul trailer
Book Rec by Maartje
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Maartje about Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl:
“I read Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl maybe half a year ago. He was a psychiatrist from Vienna who survived two concentration camps, including Auschwitz. He wrote about what people do to survive there, from his perspective as a psychiatrist, and it gave me chills when I read it. It’s a very short book, so if you’re like me and struggle to get through longer books, this one is perfect. I highly recommend it.”
