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An Unquiet House

Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest

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Garth Greenwell
Feb 05, 2024
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If somehow you were to wander into a screening of Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest without knowing what you were getting into, it might take you about ten minutes to figure things out. The film opens on a bucolic scene, a group of mostly children sitting in high grass while another group bathes in a river below. It’s a breathtaking view: the meado…

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