Instead of a long rectangle in which most movies nowadays are made, this film is as if you’re looking at a square. It was shot on 35mm in the Academy aspect ratio. Like The Artist or recent films like Mommy (2015) or The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), it’s not widescreen in its projection. Co-written and directed by László Nemes, its premise promises something very compelling but it succumbs solely to the gimmick of how Nemes presents the film. The man is forced to assist in the killing of fellow Jewish men, women and children, as well as the disposal of their bodies. The story involves a Jewish man who is imprisoned but also employed at Auschwitz, the Nazi death camp during the Holocaust of World War II. Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, this official submission from Hungary is the presumptive winner.
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