Nuit et brouillard Night and Fog Alain Resnais [videorecording]=

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Alain Resnais

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: French Summary language: English Original language: French Subtitle language: English Series: The Criterion Collection ; Vol. 197 | Nuit et brouillardPublication details: France Argos Films 1956Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 32 min.) sound, black & white. 4 3/4 inOther title:

Night and Fog

Uniform titles:

Night and Fog

LOC classification:

PN1997 .N858 1956

Summary: From case cover: Ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, filmmaker Alain Resnais documented the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz and Majdanek in "Night and Fog" ("Nuit et brouillard"), one of the first cinematic reflections on the Holocaust. Juxtaposing the stillness of the abandoned camps' empty buildings with haunting wartime footage, Resnais investigates humanity's capacity for violence, and presents the devestating suggestion that such horrors could coccur again.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
DVD - Video	SILC Learning Support Services DH132-DVD-C: DVD Cabinet C	PN1997 .N858 1956	Available	French audio with English subtitles.		002064

Contains the following:
- Main feature: "Night and Fog" (1956).
- Documentary: "Face aux fantômes" (2009).
- New English subtitle translation.

From case cover:
Ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, filmmaker Alain Resnais documented the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz and Majdanek in "Night and Fog" ("Nuit et brouillard"), one of the first cinematic reflections on the Holocaust. Juxtaposing the stillness of the abandoned camps' empty buildings with haunting wartime footage, Resnais investigates humanity's capacity for violence, and presents the devestating suggestion that such horrors could coccur again.

DVD video; Dolby Digital 2.0; monaural; NTSC; Region 1; 1.37:1 as 4:3 fullscreen.

French audio with English subtitles.

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