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'The Zone of Interest' focuses not on the sights, but on the sounds of the Holocaust

By Bilal Qureshi

Published February 22, 2024 at 4:05 AM CST

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Best Picture Oscar nominee The Zone of Interest is about the horrors of Auschwitz, but opts never to show the violence of the camp on screen. Instead, we hear it through distant soundscapes.

'The Zone of Interest' focuses not on the sights, but on the sounds of the Holocaust

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