| Night and Fog (1956),
				Director: Alain Resnais, Not rated (some graphic 
				images of emaciated prisoners and dead bodies) 
				"Not a Documentary, or an 
				Indictment, or a Poem, But a Meditation on the Most Important 
				Phenomenon of the Twentieth Century." - Frances Truffaut 
				
		  Starring: 
Narrator: Michel Bouquet, Archival footage: Reinhard Heydrich, Heinrich Himmler, 
Adolf Hitler, Julius Streicher 
DML Rating: 
★★★★★★★★★☆ 
- near perfect 
				"As I speak to you now, the 
				icy water of the ponds and ruins fill the hallows of the mass 
				graves, a frigid and muddy water, as murky as our memory. War 
				nods off to sleep, but keeps one eye always open." - 
				Narrator 
				Why watch this? 
				Graphic images juxtaposed with gentle, poignant narration. Truly 
				haunting. 
				Plot Summary: This 
				French documentary explores the Nazi concentration camps and the 
				Holocaust, using a combination of color footage of the abandoned 
				camps a decade later and black-and-white archival footage from 
				during World War II. The film contrasts the serene, overgrown 
				landscapes of the present day with the harrowing images of 
				atrocities that occurred there in the past. It examines the 
				history and function of the camps, emphasizing the scale of the 
				horror. Dad's Preview: 
				Though a short film at 35 minutes, its immediate impact is 
				sobering. One thing that hit me hardest was the rooms filled 
				with personal affects, glasses, shoes, clothes, and human hair. 
				The Nazis, in their model of efficiency, used a massive room 
				full of human hair to make rugs. Rugs. This film is often 
				referred to as the greatest French film ever made, and it 
				certainly is one of the best documentaries made. The combination 
				of blunt narration and shocking images serves as both an archive 
				of history, and a warning that this tragedy arose from 
				complacency and can happen again.
 
  Anatole Dauman; 
				Argos Films
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