Night and Fog (Nuit et Brouillard) : Resnais film

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Saw this film any years ago and (like you say) the images have stayed with me.

During my two-year session in the US Army, I was stationed in Germany. When travelling by rail at night, the train would stop at small stations which were often foggy and mysterious in appearance. I would think of the Resnais film.

It may actually be the best film made. Certainly it is the most intense film, perhaps made even more intense by its compression of the terrible events into such a short time. It sticks in the mind like fragments of lyric poetry, only a lyric for the damned and callous inhumanity of man to man.

Thanks for bringing back these images to my mind in your excellent essay. One should never forget.

Subscribed to your great site and will be back. Many essays that I wish to read here.

Sincerely,
Tom Martin
CE - Caring for the Soul

-- posted by Sunbear