{"product_id":"an-archive-of-the-catastrophe-the-unused-footage-of-claude-lanzmanns-shoah-9781438474762","title":"An Archive of the Catastrophe: The Unused Footage of Claude Lanzmann's Shoah","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Cazenave\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438474762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Cazenave \u003c\/b\u003eis Assistant Professor of French at Boston University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44615202701427,"sku":"9781438474762","price":58.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_4e5536a5-3e20-4ae8-b062-9dd7ef9a0537.jpg?v=1775149994","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/an-archive-of-the-catastrophe-the-unused-footage-of-claude-lanzmanns-shoah-9781438474762","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}