"The Zone of Interest": Producer James Wilson on the Holocaust, Gaza & "Walls That Separate Us"

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Ahead of the 96th Academy Awards, we’re joined by James Wilson, producer of the Oscar-nominated film The Zone of Interest, who raised Israel’s assault on Gaza in his BAFTA Award acceptance speech last month. The film follows the fictionalized family of real-life Nazi commandant Rudolf Höss as they live idyllically next to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Wilson says the film serves as a metaphor for the occlusion of “systemic violence, injustice, oppression, from our lives,” and challenges audiences’ complicity by asking them to identify with Höss and his wife Hedwig. “The idea of this film was to look for the similarities, rather than the differences, between us and the perpetrator,” says Wilson.
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[@youngeagle5953]

Ahmad Yassine, founder of Hamas, was born near Ashkelon, also pushed with his family to Gaza by Israel. To refuse to see that 70% of Gazans came from the places where Israelis now live is to be blind. We cannot understand October 7th without knowing History. ~ Shlomo Sand (Jewish historian)

[@AMYV3]

Well said 👏👏👏 I believe some felt something had to happen, had to change. And with very few options to do so. 🤷🏼‍♀️. The whole situation is horrendous!! 🇨🇦❤️🌏

[@ingehanson]

Unfortunately the masses who do not learn history only know about Oct 7th, just like they only know about Russia going into parts of the Ukraine. They know nothing what came before and quickly want revenge. Is this the reason we do not teach real history so that people can be manipulated?

[@user-ry2kt9fo5m]

Well said

[@avibhagan]

In the bible and Torah, no Jews lived in Ashkelon . The Jews ruled over the Philistines and taxed them. But they never lived there. Israel has no right to Ashkelon, according to their own holy texts. No right to Gaza, or Gath or Jaffa, Jews only had a right to Hebron. The kingdom of Judea, was mixed. The Jews never rid the cananites from the kingdom and they lived as one. Jews have no right to cleanse the natives from Canaan. The Torah doesn't give them that right. The most religious and knowledgeable Jews are all pro-palestine.

[@yoger827]

So what , does it really give context or excuse people get moved, move on with your life you Nazis

[@aniadz1]

Selective empathy is just another name for racism Free Palestine 🇵🇸🇵🇸❤️❤️.

[@nathbaklawa5304]

The producer spoke out for GAZA

[@amarii2308]

because by their definition, they are racists

[@deepdiver849]

@@asya3317ask the Germans to do that and compensate the jews by giving the best part of their land , I am sure they will be happy to give away Germany to all Jews. Aren’t those the ones who committed the crimes in the movie...

[@youngeagle5953]

"Take the worst thing you can about Hamas multiply it by a thousand times and it still will not meet the the Israeli repression and mass killing and dispossession of Palestinians." ~ Gabor Maté Holocaust Survivor

[@norway178]

It's easy to see who the real terrorist's are.

[@MrDandaman2000]

Such a moronic statement. Hamas is the worst of the worst

[@MrDandaman2000]

That’s a bunch of crap

[@youngeagle5953]

@@MrDandaman2000 Truth hurts ?

[@MrDandaman2000]

@@youngeagle5953 as do your lies

[@youngeagle5953]

“Since its establishment, Israel has engaged in brutal oppression of the rights of Palestinians. Thousands of Palestinians are imprisoned, beaten and tortured; children are taken from their beds and beaten by soldiers who are armed to the teeth.”-Miko Peled.

[@MrDandaman2000]

Prove it

[@sanyopoweraid1]

@@MrDandaman2000 There are tons of videos of it. investigations by human rights groups. You choose to look away.

[@florafauna5883]

@@MrDandaman2000 You're Thick.

[@user-qf7ud5de9h]

See the list, check out a book from the library?

[@MrDandaman2000]

@@user-qf7ud5de9h nah they wouldn’t have anything because it’s not true

[@roxannamarinak3156]

I saw a preview of this film and was blown away. It caused me to look up and read as much as I could about the Hoss family and their father. I immediately thought how relevant this film is to what is happening today. I plan on seeing it. I see people all the time that simply want to talk about food and music and never discuss the horrific things that are taking place in our world. Thank You for making such a profound and important film that everyone should see. It brings me to tears.

[@larseriksson5109]

It's so gratifying hearing the applause after he said Gaza. There is a deep rooted anger in so many of us

[@donnavorce8856]

Incandescent anger. And I am powerless except to write my reps, call biden 2 or 3 x a week, talk, post. Hope my posts don't get removed. So many have been removed.

[@goranvujasinovic2888]

The film paints a picture of how life corrupts us and makes us uninterested in anything other than our own circumstances. It clearly shows part of human nature that "can't" see suffering of others if seeing it may affect our own life in any ways. So true and sad at the same time.

[@onthetownwithtanya]

well said ...this is what i loved about it, an angle we never think of...and one in which you leave thinking how NOT to be like them! LOVE this film it should go down in history as one of the greatest!!!

[@ChristinaGerlach]

When do we make films about the Tragedy of the Palestinian people that started 75 years ago and is worst then ever today? That film would have an impact and would have real benefits in present events.

[@organboi]

I say the same thing. But there will be MANY in about 5 years.

[@velvetlensfilms3290]

I wrote a film called “Tears in the land of God” but I don’t see it ever getting made. I’m not from Palestine or Israel. I’m a storyteller. Film maker.

[@thundercheeks1989]

This is what The Zone of Interest is about. Great art is expansive.

[@manuandrade2484]

The film "Farha" from 2021 is about the Nakba. But yes, they should do one about it all. There's certainly material for a whole tv show.

[@lauramelhem2353]

Exactly

[@shabanamazher767]

Palestin will be free IN SHA ALLAH

[@shabanamazher767]

Wake up world for innocent humanty please

[@lilianehuddleston9363]

Love that he mentions Gaza, but so cautiously. Word salad galore

[@organboi]

Yep. Not courageously. He had to mention all the other countries. He knew he would blow his Oscar chances if he didn't. This is not real courage. But it's better than nothing.

[@MisoAntro]

That’s not what word salad is.

[@grantmarcus5675]

The question Amy asked of him pursued an obvious answer: the Zone of interest during ww2 held a paradise on one side and a Holocaust on the other side, just as today's Israelis Barrier of Gaza holds a paradise on one side, and Apartheid, occupation, and genocide on the other side.

[@aziza000]

Well the media and his industry is not very pro Gaza.

[@grantmarcus5675]

The Zone Interest team came out much more directly and powerfully where it counted, at the Oscars, calling or immediate ceasefire, aid and a 2 state solution.@@aziza000

[@ChristinaGerlach]

This was almost 80 years ago, and Gaza is happening right now. I guess we all know how we would have behaved during that long ago tragedy.

[@ingehanson]

The same the majority behaves now. And just like then the minority simply cannot overpower the majority when the majority is out for blood. it takes an outside force to intervene. Back then it was Russia and the US. Now the US forbids any intervention of genocide.

[@lah6739]

The situation in Gaza started 75 years ago. It didn't start on Oct. 7.

[@matzbr5tw]

80 year anniversary for holocaust....and 75 for nakba and the Palestinian genocide . They went from their own tragedy right to creating one for someone else, great

[@rez_tu]

This guy is hesitant about telling the full truth as he knows it. He’s scared l.

[@organboi]

He has to be careful or else no Oscar. He has his whole team to think about. They might have even insisted he not blow his chances. Understandable. At least he mentioned Gaza in his speech.

[@user-dr6qh5zo6r]

His voice is shakey… I’m sure privately he might express himself differently he sounds quite scared. What a sad world we are in… Caging people with awards.

[@onthetownwithtanya]

atleast he spoke! many are not and understandably, cancel culture is real when we say the wrong thing about the wrong of people...kudo's to him!!! I will go see this movie for a 3rd time to show support!!!!!

[@xelefonte]

The movie is quite powerful. It really reflects the duality of man, how they can create some weird paradise next to hell. You can hear gunshots and smoke aside their house as they ignore the horrors of the Jewish genocide. After a long day of exterminating Jews, the commandant Rudolph goes back to his home and reads bedtime stories to his kids. It’s an absolute horror of movie and shows the potential paradox of man.

[@maureen2777]

I don’t view it as duality, I view it as the nature of some. I cannot be convinced that another human being isn’t a human being. A multitude of men have this thought currently and have throughout history.

[@St_Fish]

His willingness to speak out makes me more interested in seeing the movie. Hope he gets the opportunity to say more to a wider audience at the Oscars.

[@lauramelhem2353]

Free Palestine!!! Thank you, James Wilson!!!

[@Susumomof5]

Sounded like he was actually scared to stand by his words. He was kinda walking them back when he said that he mentioned other conflicts. I wonder what he’s afraid of speaking the truth. What situation actually mirrors this movie more than villages and raves bordering the concentration camp that is Gaza.

[@dinkster1729]

The producer doesn't want to just point a finger at Israel. He mentions the Yemen situation which gets little attention in the U.S. and in Canada. He mentions the Russian attack on the Ukraine. There are lots of war mongers in the world. Lots of people committing crimes against humanity. What about the situation in Nigeria? The people committing these crimes against humanity may on the service seem like honorable people, but they are not.

[@NMPT777]

What a wonderful man

[@manuelbello5806]

I remember getting the trailer in Radical. His BAFTA speech was great of Glazer

[@shabanamazher767]

Palestin is homeland for palestinian not a thief who stolen land with help of U.K UNO

[@danielwiernik]

and Israel is homeland for the Jews . right ?

[@panagenesis2695]

I once read that if you repeat a lie enough times it becomes the state of Israel.

[@davidrichards9898]

I love the simple humanity of this man. Obviously intelligent and committed to their message but not slick. So much better than the practiced messages we usually have to digest and question. The treatment he received was a little terse but I hope that anyone who watches this was even more moved by his nervous delivery and is more willing and equipped to examine their own thoughts, beliefs and prejudices both in the evils of the 1940s but even more importantly, right now. People are dying every day. Apathy is a killer.

[@danielwiernik]

Such Hippocratic producer

[@lisalisker2659]

Of course, he keeps mentioning October 7th, which is not relevant to the analogy of the film's premise and Israel's occupation. It looks like he is afraid.

[@YogaflowPanama]

Beautiful! Thank you for this incredible report!!

[@rf4969]

WTF Amy! 10 seconds to answer your question? Plan better, do better if you’re going to have a guest on such an important topic.

[@dinkster1729]

I thought she was a bit rude as well. Oh, well, the producer of this film with the horribly forgettable title was grateful for the opportunity to speak to a wider audience. Have any of the principles of this film been on the MSM?

[@lauralafauve5520]

Important comparisons. Thank you.

[@onthetownwithtanya]

love Democracy Now, great interview and guest!

[@kevinwilliams1768]

excellent interview

[@emiliobello2538]

I’m glad he supported Gaza and Palestine. He knows about how it is related to the Holocaust. That part is good. But the movie was mediocre. I think Housekeeping For Beginners or Shayda or Ping Pong The Triumph or The Taste Of Things should have took place of this in Best International Feature. And I don’t know what else for other categories

[@MD-yf6gw]

his film was a masterpiece

[@emiliobello2538]

@@MD-yf6gw jolly good

[@organboi]

I heard it was very mediocre too.

[@emiliobello2538]

@@organboi thank you

[@isabellac1117]

I look forward to seeing it.

[@saladFingers601]

wish this interview was longer - will this win more awards, or will it be too risky to hear more acceptance speeches that name Gaza?

[@craigadams4143]

Wow! I haven't seen the movie but already see the strong parallels with Israel and Palestine. Israelis living the good life on their beaches, golf courses and enjoying their nightlife while simultaneously oppressing the Palestinians. Israeli people knew what they were doing to Palestinians and did not care as long as the music kept playing and the scenary was pretty.

[@MrDandaman2000]

Palestinians are great sympathy actors

[@danielwiernik]

well, remember that in 11 November and in 7 October , while people (including babies) were killed and live broadcasted being killed , the Gaza population was dancing and celebrating those acts. I don't see nobody here in Israel celebrating the war. It is just a terrible war , like all the previous wars, that Israel was forced to get in by Arab attacks. We just want to live, that's right.

[@craigadams4143]

Well , stop treating them like animals and GET OFF THEIR LAND! You and yours will never have my sympathy or support.

[@mschickie007]

@@danielwiernikyou are the OCCUPIERS , Daniel. You are controlling . Get it????

[@dinkster1729]

@@danielwiernik Then, recognize you are on stolen land. You have treated the Arab population terribly since the 2nd World War. Became to think about a multi-cultural, multi-lingual, just society.

[@porkbeans854]

He drones on and on and on…. thought I would learn something, but I didn’t.

[@ChristinaGerlach]

Why the exceptionalism? A life is a life regardless of religion or ethnicity. That somehow Russian victims, and other nonJewish victims are less dead, and their suffering doesn't matter as much. Is that not elitist thinking? More than 40 million Europeans died, if you consider Russians European.

[@dolinaj1]

So inarticulate! He should have given more thought to his remarks, written down talking points, used a teleprompter.

[@user-qf7ud5de9h]

That is just a goal for these fascists. This guy wants to profit from others pain. Pandering paparazzi

[@user-qf7ud5de9h]

He probably funds the pogrom of genocide too. He is profiteering off of genocide too. No necromancers cannibals or zombies

[@SeanMoore]

I understand your point absolutely but I don’t think you listened to the whole interview either as he discussed that very point. Also I believe the intended audience would also be people whose families were directly affected by the Holocaust and to draw the obvious parallel between what happened back then to what is happening now. It shouldn’t need this level of extrapolation but we live in a society that conditions people to think “me first” and stuff everyone else.

[@Markunator]

It’s not just about numbers, it’s about percentages. About 60% of all European Jews were murdered. In countries like Poland and Lithuania, 90% of them were murdered. Jews were targeted because they were Jewish. The suffering of basically all other Europeans simply does not compare.

[@user-ec8rn2bu5n]

They always mention 10/7 but never 7/7/14 when the Israeli s massacred 1800 Gazans including 500 children. This massacre has happening for decades. Palestine has a right to defend itself!

[@danielwiernik]

The Arabs are the ones who always started all the wars since they objective is (as is written in Hamas's declaration) to destroy israel, the only Jew state in the world.

[@patriciacampbell489]

Can’t wait to see it…

[@clamourincessant6974]

Why were the clips from the film dubbed in English? I haven't seen the movie but I thought the dialogue was all in German and there wasn't an English dubbed edition, like they also release for Ghibli films.

[@rez_tu]

The current events makes the entire history pale in comparison to the suffering of Gaza. Don’t ever dare to play victims again. You are done.

[@nathbaklawa5304]

The producer spoke out about Gaza. Didn't you hear? Holocaust and Gaza are two different genocides, there is no need to compare.

[@matzbr5tw]

The holocaust was horrible but it is devastating and a disservice to the memory of its survivors for this regime to weaponize its ppls suffering against anyone speaking against their injustices, and just evil how they brainwash their children to continue hate

[@Mina-ok5qm]

I wouldn't dare say the Jewish Holocaust doesn't pale in comparison. But the extreme level of hypocrisy, using the horrors of the past to justify these heinous acts by Israel is the point. To point out that we can't keep reflecting on the past and ignore the mass vile killing of innocent people and keep talking about Oct 7th Oct 7th Oct 7th. They can not hide behind that anymore. It's shameful that it had to come to this for many of I to acknowledge what's been going on for over 7 decades. But it's just like the movie. The Zionists and their control over our media, entertainment, global financial, our legal system, the military industry, it's been the Wall and it's being torn down. Too many had to and still have to suffer while the world wipes the sleep out of their eyes, but it's coming down. Israel and the Zionist Cult will finally face a new reality.

[@Markunator]

“Play victims”? “You are done”? What are you fucking talking about?! The Holocaust happened and must never be forgotten, and it was also exponentially worse than the current genocide in Gaza. Are you saying that the Jews weren’t victims in the Holocaust? That they aren’t allowed to ever speak of it again?

[@cristinakasselas555]

Hell yes !

[@shabanamazher767]

Shame on double standarf

[@danielwiernik]

no double standart. The situation is totally different. The Palestinians , most of them at least, are the one who don't recognize the right of the Jews people about a state of their own who is recognized by the world and they are willing to destroy it and they are the ones who started all the wars, time after time.

[@l23918]

Thank you fir drawing the parellel

[@apolloforabetterfuture4814]

Gaza is a concentration camp or was a concentration camp, sadly this movie is too relevant.

[@ArleeStarr]

Was, is the key word. Extermination camp is the current description of Gaza.

[@LUISARAMOSCRICK]

I want to remind the producer and the director that The Zone of Interest was written by Martin Amis. You appropriate the title and the subject matter and never mention him. It's disgraceful

[@shoxx48]

Meh. Wonder which side he would choose and would he recognize Israel as a terror state

[@smitha5022]

I just watched this film and couldn’t help but remembering a clip I saw of Israelis frolicking on the beach under palm trees without a care in the world whilst Palestinians were being tortured. A sheer example of blissful ignorance.

[@shabanamazher767]

7 october is not a bigning the innocent palestinian living like salvry on 75 yerars Opent y eyes the whole world about cause

[@jeffh8872]

james wilson a true man speaking out thanks

[@AP-op4rc]

That movie was unbelievable

[@NATIVEMANHATTANITE]

MORAL EQUIVALENCE!

[@thankful516]

So how can they still be talking about this while we see a genocide in Gaza because of this- what gives them the right to mass displace and kill and steal land...

[@MrDandaman2000]

There’s no genocide silly

[@MontrealBeirut]

What a coincidence, his film tells the story of a German officer who chooses to live in a villa next to a Nazi concentration camp. In 2023 the organizers of the Nova dance festival choose to do it juxtaposed with the concentration camp called Gaza.

[@mpoharper]

We cannot turn away from intolerance and inhumanity. We must address these problems to reduce suffering!

[@phetruss]

making movies about stuff that happened "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...." and was perpetrated by germans instead of making movie about GAZA GENOCIDE that usofa actively participate in, that shows who the author and the movie's audience rather prefer to lament on. still good he at least had conscience about what is going on today, not that 30000 murdered defenceless people that have already suffered having been incarcerated and starved for last 20 years is somehow equal to few killed(by israeli idf goons) european settlers

[@upendasana7857]

"in a galaxy far far away..."seriously !! you think the systematic industrialised murder of 6 million Jews plus of course the many other atrocities suffered during this episode is another galaxy ?!!! This episode has directly lead into,not solely of course but the ongoing and present occupation and now genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza so to call it as some far off irrelevant or insignificant hsitorical event that basically should be shut up does absolutely NOTHING for the Palestinians cause or indeed any humanity or acts of genocide or occuptation that are currently being carried out.Seriously to think that the murder of 6 million Jews in such a systematic industriallised scale is somehow some distant hsitorical moment !! then you really lack humanity.

[@ArleeStarr]

Spot on! That would make a good review of his movie.

[@DesiD.-ss8sn]

It’s kinda sad/pathetic how everyone a part of the movie has given the most mealy mouthed responses when simply asked about Gaza. Or have just danced around it completely. And that’s a form of complicity, which I doubt they are aware of. But it’s obvious they care more about awards and I question how much they really took anything away from their movie. And this producer does some both sides-ing for people partying while there is an occupation going on the other side of said wall. His descriptors for Gaza (extraordinary, staggering) versus his descriptors for october 7th (heinous, massacre) are interesting, that’s for sure. You cage people after you take their land, control their every move, and use all your western backed power to prevent said people from ever possessing any kind of self-determination… yeah there will likely be uprisings. All I can say is the occupation must end.

[@dinkster1729]

And a real solution must be found.

[@alliecat6281]

re what Mr Wilson said about wanting the film to feel present and modern: I literally thought the clip was about Israel until it got to the phrase "National Socialism". So he's clearly succeeding in that

[@LadyBug1967]

His response has NO emotion. This man is made of walls. I can't believe his movie is worth seeing. The academy tried to be on the right side of history while being on the wrong side. NO speech including his attacks the horror of what's going on on the other side of the academy's wall.

[@carreromartialarts]

That movie is powerful!

[@nataliad1014]

The killings of the innocent people in Gaza is NOT a response to October the 7th. Is a continuation of the killing of innocent people that the state of Israel has been carrying since 1948. And even if we think about it as a response, which is a way of justifying from my point of view, is a perfectly condemning and atrocious one. And that should also had been said. Words matter. If that is a response, we can think that October the 7th was also a response from the Palestinians to the atrocities the state of Israel has been submitting them to. And that's ALSO incorrect. Inocent people should never pay the price, they are not collateral damage, they are not "a response". They are victims, whichever side they are in, of thirsty hateful people looking for revenge with total disregard for the value and rights of other people. Again: words matter. That being said... Congrats on the film, on the just defense of all of the victims of the horrors humans can do to one another.

[@oceantransistor]

He could have just been brave and said Israel is committing genocide instead of trying to both sides the situation. Very weak.

[@Sherlika_Gregori]

Gaza soon will be visited by tourists like they do in Auschwitz . That’s sad, so sad .

[@NATIVEMANHATTANITE]

On the day that the State of Israel came into existence on May 14, 1948 the Secretary-General of the Arab League declared: "This will be a war of extermination and momentous massacre which will be spoken of like the Mongolian massacres and the Crusades."

[@samuelallen8945]

jonathan glazer is awesome - highly recommend his first film "sexy beast"

[@garliclasagna]

how about NO MORE MOVIES about the Holocaust, there've been ENOUGH! and it has enabled this Jen-oh-side we are seeing in real time...

[@IdrisFashan]

“You have 10 seconds.” Never change, Amy. Never. Change… 😅

[@elqord.1118]

I would ask all Israelis to watch this movie and then compare to what is happening across their border. Hopefully they can see the irony.

[@dinkster1729]

You're expecting a lot of a brain-washed population are you not? They'll just see it as another film that makes them the eternal victims and a people who need to keep stolen land.

[@redpigeons]

the problem is that instantly, on Twitter, people are saying that what is happening in Gaza is like the holocaust, and that is obviously not true and is also antisemitic and insulting. when you mean don't look away when bad things happening

[@kevinthomas3946]

His kid was the dummy who played with the boy in the striped pajamas who ended up suffering the same fate as the boy in the striped pajama. Food for thought.

[@AMYV3]

I so wanted to watch this so bad. But I watch on my phone and my eyes suck lol. I couldn’t read the subtitles. Too small. I’ve always been ok with subtitles. 😩😭

[@shoxx48]

Then don't watch it on your phone, genius!

[@AMYV3]

@@shoxx48 And what would you expect me to watch it on. I don’t watch or have a tv and my teen daughter needs the laptop. My money goes to my children. Since my husband was killed by a drunk driver 3 years ago. Money is tight. And as for Genus …. 🤫🤫 I don’t like bragging. I don’t want people “like you” to feel even more ignorant then you sound 😏😘

[@asya3317]

almost every sentence he started with “you know”, if he is so sure, that we know, why does he speak at all?

[@rebellerevelle]

Feedback for Democracy Now. Please time your interviews better so you don't abruptly cut your guests off to end the show. If you only have 10 seconds left, don't show a video clip or ask a long question for the guest to respond. It's something only your show does. At least give your guests a moment to finish speaking, and for the host to wrap up the show in a smooth manner. I've been listening and watching for years and it's very irritating for the audience and just seems unprofessional. I hope this feedback reaches someone on your team. Thanks!

[@organboi]

Correct. It's ridiculous.

[@magdalen5108]

So this guys is finding this politically convenient. So great. This is where we are at.

[@domenicpiscitelli2629]

Way to cut him off at the end there.

[@cynthiaelkhoury9959]

maybe in the next film in 75 years, they can show people hosting a party eh?

[@Night-rage]

He talks around it a whole bunch because he doesn´t want to offend jewish people, but the truth is, before oct 7, there where people living a live of luxury and acces just outside of Gaza, while many people in Gaza where suffering, starving etc. The fact that there was even a music festival, right next to the border wall is even more insulting. The truth is, the Israeli people of today have way more in common with the nazi commandant then they have with the jewish victims of the holocast. Thought this man would never say this out loud.

[@cornpopper4921]

You're a good woman, Goodman.

[@noheroespublishing1907]

An interesting aside, it's interesting how filmmakers would rather make a movie where the Nazis are the main characters, rather than ever focusing on the heroism of the Soviet Union.

[@NotANaiveAmerican]

I wonder if an Arab makes a movie about the genecoid of the people of Gaza and is nominated for the best picture?

[@AlanWinterboy]

You always know when Netanyahu is up to more butchery cuz there'll be a bunch of movies/nominations/documentaries reminding us of the Holocaust. Not saying it's all coordinated, but you'd be forgiven for wondering.

[@asadashraf2128]

My KZbin shorts feed thingy is full of bits from Schindlers List and The Pianist atm.

[@AlanWinterboy]

@@asadashraf2128I understand, and just discovered you. Was referring more generally to streaming platforms, Academy Awards, etc.

[@organboi]

Well said. Bravo.

[@ignmorales]

Sudden cut interview. Sad he couldn’t finish properly.

[@jmudikun]

❤❤❤❤

[@firebyrd437]

One day a context box will be describing the Palestinian genocide

[@berylthompson5281]

Why is this causing a stir. It's an old story and I saw a great movie a few years ago called "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" which was very evocative. How about a movie about Palestine and the ethnic cleansing that is occurring and has been going on for 75 years.

[@davidwheatley2283]

I wonder how many Palestinians from Gaza were invited to the music festival.

[@user-qf7ud5de9h]

Proverbs 20:1

[@living4ward2it]

"what are the walls in our lives? do we care more about one group of people than we care about an 'other' group?

[@rez_tu]

Meh. Good but not enough. Could have been much more truthful.

[@mohd8218]

There goes your oscar

[@guitareza334]

Come on man, if you want to say something say it clearly. Be brave. Do not be so scared. We all know it is a no-go area to properly criticise zionists and Israel for Oscars.

[@debbiewall2160]

There is a strong vegan message here. “As long as people will shed the blood of innocent creatures there can be no peace, no liberty, no harmony between people. Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.” ― Isaac Bashevis Singer

[@mariafernandesaraujo7813]

Super rude to cute the conversation With a director serious good😮

[@douglaspouch5313]

It isn't Gazans who live lives of wealth and comfort whilst Israelis suffer at their hands is it?

[@Markunator]

He didn’t fucking say it was?

[@douglaspouch5313]

​@@Markunator Their speeches were weakened by reinforcing the standard media line that the extermination and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians by Israel started after the Hamas attack of October 7th.

[@deborahloew-black5637]

Unfortunately the people who have the biggest & thickest walls at the end of the garden minds , are probably not going to watch this film.... the masses who watch this film will be yet again visually hounded about the actions of atrocities of the past! Not realizing the real & complicated reasons that made these atrocities possible.....& confusing antisemitism as being the main issue of current events ( instead of a side effect of ) & maybe the money for such a film was better spent on a true life , present day reality documentary! I really support art & artists but this sounds??

[@mbchudno]

where those people and their empathy were when Ukraine Nazi were bombing eastern Ukraine for 8 years or when they burned 50 people alive in Odessa to stamp any anti-Nazi resistance... Ukrainians were not even hiding it. Their president at the time Poroshenko openly said that "their kids will be sitting in basements, hiding, when ours will be going to school". Empathy is ALWAYS selective. This guy just upset this time is not selected in direction of his cause.

[@NeoFreshair]

Most Sionists don't believe in God and yet claim God has given them Palestine land .....

[@jahmah519]

The missing link is me separated from You, just know this yeh & secure this, make up or break up & 😢

[@organboi]

If anyone ever said to me, "Ten seconds to wrap," I would reply, "Thank you, Amy. I apprecaite your having me. So long." End of story.

[@aaronmass6543]

Who needs enemies when you're own people can be your worst enemies. I am grateful that Amy is childless and hope James has a similar fate.

[@CraigDelist]

That's a hurtful and needless thing to say. No surprise you support genocide.

[@valmach1]

Far too many films about the Holocaust...

[@stephencaudill2422]

another holocaust movie? oh Jesus...

[@Nancy-mi3xe]

Members of my family were murdered by the Nazis. My great great grandparents probably at Auschwitz. Every time I see the advertisement for this fllm I feel sick, physically sick. I grew up on the camp liberation films, searching each face to see if they looked like my family members. For most it's a momentary interest, an evenings entertainment...For me, I am still trying to find out what happened to my family, and where they might be buried. And in the atmosphere of the world today, I see exactly what I was told Germany looked like as Hitler came to power. Any excuse to blame and hate Jewish people. Never Again!

[@ralphboyshline1518]

It seems that James Wilson was on the right track, but is a bit more cautious here... The situation now and back then are not the same! Gaza was not an extermination camp like Auschwitz, more like a Warsaw Ghetto. But you can definitely draw parallels... Ongoing atrocities not only damage the psyche and humanity of the victims, but also the psyche and humanity of the perpetrators! Who flee into denial and escapism trying to overcompensate and to go on with their nice lives. The music festival goers in Israel were not Nazi commandants, they became victims themselves! But I wonder, who much thought they and other Israelis spent, thinking about the many humiliations and hardships, the people an earshot away, walled in into a Ghetto and oppressed for decades, must be feeling on a daily basis!?!