Purity beats everything (2007)
- Directed by
- Jon Bang Carlsen
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Denmark
- Runtime
- 51 min
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Two Jewish survivors of Auschwitz recount their wartime horrors and later lives in apartheid-era South Africa. The filmmaker weaves their stories with his own childhood memories of Denmark's post-war denial. It is a documentary about memory, complicity, and survival.
meditativereflectivesombercontemplativelayeredthought-provokingpersonal
What happens
Purity beats everything er en dokumentarfilm fra 2007 instrueret af Jon Bang Carlsen efter eget manuskript. Miriam Lichterman og Pinchas Gutter, to overlevende jøder fra Auschwitz, fortæller om rædslerne under krigen og om de nazistiske dødslejres ufattelige gru. Efter krigen slog de sig ned i Cape Town, Sydafrika, hvor de under apartheidstyret blev en del af den herskende, hvide overklasse, side om side med deres bødlers åndelige arvtagere. Gennem et symbolsk billedsprog og et bevidst kunstnerisk greb fletter Jon Bang Carlsen deres skæbnefortællinger sammen med sin egen hverdag og sine egne minder fra 50'ernes barndom. Her oplevede han selv, hvorledes vi danskere blot få år efter krigen gjorde vores bedste for helt at fortrænge kendskabet til vores nære nabo mod syd og fortie erindringen om den menneskelige ondskab, der ville udrydde alle andre racer end sin egen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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