{"product_id":"shoah-665","title":"Shoah (#663)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-summary\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver a decade in the making, Claude Lanzmann’s nine-hour-plus opus is a monumental investigation of the unthinkable: the murder of more than six million Jews by the Nazis. Using no archival footage, Lanzmann instead focuses on first-person testimonies (of survivors and former Nazis, as well as other witnesses), employing a circular, free-associative method in assembling them. The intellectual yet emotionally overwhelming\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eShoah\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis not a film about excavating the past but an intensive portrait of the ways in which the past is always present, and it is inarguably one of the most important cinematic works of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\" data-feature-title-field=\"\"\u003eDIRECTOR-APPROVED FOUR-BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-features-list\" data-special-features-field=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2K digital restoration with uncompressed monaural soundtrack\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree additional films by director Claude Lanzmann:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Visitor from the Living\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1999, 68 minutes);\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSobibór, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(2001, 102 minutes); and\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe Karski Report\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(2010, 49 minutes)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConversation between Lanzmann and critic Serge Toubiana\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterview with Lanzmann from 2003 about\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Visitor from the Living\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSobibór\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterview with Caroline Champetier, assistant cameraperson on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eShoah,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand filmmaker Arnaud Desplechin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAll I Had Was Nothingness\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(2025), a new film by Guillaume Ribot, edited from previously unreleased footage and recounting the production of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eShoah\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEnglish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by critic Kent Jones and writings by Lanzmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCover by Sam Smith\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sharetools\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Criterion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45665460387884,"sku":"715515339612","price":64.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0359\/2201\/8348\/files\/ayhpimNt8JWXAhOaDjqEXDX1WI4RrN_large_55cdb655-57f3-463d-afb3-a276c3aada97.jpg?v=1781613003","url":"https:\/\/www.orbitdvd.com\/products\/shoah-665","provider":"Orbit DVD","version":"1.0","type":"link"}