They were, upon capture, to be brought to Germany "by night and fog" for trial by special courts. If Night and Fog explicitly directs the viewer’s gaze toward the horrors of the Holocaust, it implicitly directs that gaze away from the vacuous components of industrial life, be it commercial art or consumer culture. Once Resnais joined the team, a new script (dated 11 June 1955) emerged with 12 sections:[15], The film draws on several sources, including black-and-white still images from various archives, excerpts from older black-and-white films from French, Soviet, and Polish newsreels, footage shot by detainees of the Westerbork internment camp in the Netherlands, or by the Allies' "clean-up" operations, plus new color and black-and-white footage filmed at concentration camps in 1955. The visuals cut to a shot of trains arriving in night and fog, which has become a metaphor for the mystery of their situation. NIGHT AND FOG Nuit et brouillard. [18], Cayrol was aided by mutual friend and film maker Chris Marker while writing the commentary that was spoken by actor Michel Bouquet. 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. Eisler arrived in Paris on 30 November 1955. [48], Michael Haneke criticized films such as Downfall and Schindler's List for manipulating the audience to perceive events subjectively and not giving any room for an objective point of view. Though Night and Fog had not premiered in Japan until 1963, Oshima had read about the film and titled his work before seeing Resnais's. Consequently, the structure of Night and Fog renders the past and present as interconnected moments of time, prodding the audience to concurrently witness and contemplate the tremendous horrors of the Holocaust. [27] Eisler considered the possibility of conceiving of his music to Night and Fog as a separate orchestral work, although this never came to fruition. It was Chris Marker's suggestion to approach Hanns Eisler, to which Resnais agreed after hearing a recording of his music. The other commissioner was the Réseau du souvenir (Network of memory), an association devoted to the memory of those deported to camps. The result was broadening the scope of the film away from a nationalist view toward a broader European perspective. With Michel Bouquet, Reinhard Heydrich, Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Hitler. The Night and Fog Decree. 86- 105. plus-circle Add Review. The narrator observes that during the train ride "death makes its first choice" and "a second is made upon arrival in the night and fog". Be the first one to write a review. We like to think it couldn't happen here, until we remember the treatment of the Native Americans and the slaves brought to this country. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. Upon realization that Film Polski owned the distribution rights to the film for the Eastern Bloc, DEFA went ahead and produced a German-language version with a translation by Henryk Keisch, recorded by Raimund Schelcher. Reviews There are no reviews yet. "[40], Rotten Tomatoes reported that 100% of critics had given the film a positive rating, based on 24 reviews, with a weighted average of 8.99/10. Evelin Matschke wrote the text, basing it on the French audio track, which was read by Erwin Geschonneck. Despite alterations requested by the German Federal Press Office, Celan refused to change the text. [43], On 29 June 1956, a contract was signed between Argos Films and the German Office for Press and Information (West Germany) to produce a German language version of the film. History, News & Politics, Society, Subtitled / 19 Comments One of the most vivid depictions of the horrors of Nazi Concentration Camps. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen. Although he was concerned that the composer's fee would put the film over budget, the producer Dauman was supportive. It did happen. This is "Night and Fog" by UMSchoolOfCommunication on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Argos Film's dissatisfaction with DEFA and Film Polski's action led to non-renewal of the film's license, resulting in this version of the film shown only between 1960 and 1963. The next section is shown completely in black-and-white, and depicts images of gas chambers and piles of bodies. The film was commissioned by two organizations, the first of which was the Comité d'histoire de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale (Committee on the history of the Second World War), a government commission assigned the tasks of assembling documentary material on, and of launching historical inquiries and studies of, the period of the French occupation from 1940 to 1945. [17] These nightmares passed as Resnais began actual filming in Auschwitz. Eisler's inspiration for this piece was Horatio's monologue from Hamlet which Eisler had read in Karl Kraus' Weltgericht. [30] When Resnais refused to cut the French officer scene, the censors threatened to cut the last ten minutes of his film. [28], The score was published for the first time in 2014 as part of the Hanns Eisler Gesamtausgabe (Hanns Eisler Complete Edition).[29]. Slyvie Lindeperg’s book does something similar for the film itself, and readers willing to tackle it and the film will find the effort well rewarded. After the war, she collected survivors' testimonies for. Which is your favorite? Those images would not leave my head.As a student of history, I had seen still images and brief clips of the victims of the Holocaust. [1][34] Response was strong to this act, including having Night and Fog broadcast on all three of the French national television channels at the same time. 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[41], Ironically, as Nitzan Lebovic pointed out, the film was not received as well in Israel; Resnais's universalist approach drew some criticism that reached the Israeli Knesset (the Israeli parliament), immediately after its arrival, in 1956. [11] Cayrol had written in 1946 about his experience as a survivor of Mauthausen in Poèmes de la nuit et brouillard ("Poems of night and fog"), which gave the documentary its title. Directed by Alain Resnais, it was made ten years after the liberation of Nazi concentration camps. Currently you are able to watch "Night and Fog" streaming on Criterion Channel. [38] Jean-Luc Godard has the film playing in the cinema where the lovers have their assignation in Une femme Mariée (A Married Woman). in finely wrought prose. Alain Resnais’s Night and Fog (Nuit et Brouillard, 1955) is a 31-minute film about the Nazi concentration camps that has been called the greatest documentary film every made (indeed, Francois Truffaut called it simply the greatest film ever made [1]). . The title is taken from the Nacht und Nebel (German for "Night and Fog") program of abductions and disappearances decreed by Nazi Germany. [16] Resnais filmed his color sequences in Eastmancolor rather than Agfacolor, using the footage to contrast the desolate tranquility of several concentration camps—Auschwitz, Birkenau, Majdanek, Struthof, and Mathausen—with the horrific events that occurred there during World War II, to muse on the diffusion of guilt, and to pose the question of responsibility. [32], Night and Fog was shown on French television as early as 26 April 1959. In what Resnais considered a stroke of luck, Eisler opened the letter in the presence of Vladimir Pozner, who was familiar with Resnais and urged Eisler to accept the offer immediately. [1] The film has been shown as a teaching tool in schools in France since 1991. [11] The film was released on Blu-ray in 2016, remastered in 4K from the original camera negative. Michel and Wormser might have wanted scholarly objectivity instead of the heroism favoured by the deportees' association...but nevertheless the Holocaust had remained a blind spot even for them. Night and Fog streaming: where to watch online? Trailer. Night and Fog . Night and Fog was released to critical acclaim, and still receives very high praise today. One of the most vivid depictions of the horrors of Nazi Concentration Camps. 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