{"product_id":"an-archive-of-the-catastrophe-the-unused-footage-of-claude-lanzmanns-shoah-paperback","title":"An Archive of the Catastrophe: The Unused Footage of Claude Lanzmann's Shoah - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Cazenave\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eComprehensive analysis of 220 hours of outtakes that impels us to reexamine our assumptions about a crucial Holocaust documentary.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention, 2020 Best First Book Award presented by the Society for Cinema and Media Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaude Lanzmann's 1985 magnum opus, \u003ci\u003eShoah\u003c\/i\u003e, is a canonical documentary on the Holocaust-and in film history. Over the course of twelve years, Lanzmann gathered 230 hours of location filming and interviews with survivors, witnesses, and perpetrators, which he condensed into a 91\/2-hour film. The unused footage was scattered and inaccessible for years before it was restored and digitized by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. In \u003ci\u003eAn Archive of the Catastrophe\u003c\/i\u003e, Jennifer Cazenave presents the first comprehensive study of this collection. She argues that the outtakes pose a major challenge to the representational and theoretical paradigms produced by the documentary, while offering new meanings of \u003ci\u003eShoah\u003c\/i\u003e and of Holocaust testimony writ large. They lend fresh insight into issues raised by the film, including questions of resistance, rescue, refugees, and, above all, gender-Lanzmann's twenty hours of interviews with women make up a mere ten minutes of the finished documentary. As a rare instance of outtakes preserved during the predigital era of cinema, this unused footage challenges us to establish a new critical framework for understanding how documentaries are constructed and reshapes the way we view this key Holocaust film.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo view the book trailer on YouTube, please go to: https: \/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bBjUWyAn55g\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Cazenave \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor of French at Boston University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42443522211975,"sku":"9781438474762","price":63.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5d6d8f50085079a46f70f2fd8d83755e.webp?v=1741766716","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/an-archive-of-the-catastrophe-the-unused-footage-of-claude-lanzmanns-shoah-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}