Alain Renais Documentary, Night And Fog

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Alain Renais’ documentary, Night and Fog, demonstrates the effect during and after, one of the darkest historical events- the Holocaust. The film, created ten years prior to the liberation of the camps, exposes the conditions in which the prisoners were forced to undertake. The film is a highly significant historical recollection. Renais is genius in utilizing the recurring mental contemplation of, “Who is responsible.” He never differentiates between who was responsible and who is the victim. One can easily refer to the prisoners of these camps as victims, but the wise absence of victimization, keeps the importance of knowledge of this time period, extremely relevant. The film is dated in 1955, ten years after the liberation of the Nazi

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