Süskind
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
Heavy, kinetic, measured war / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, Walter Süskind is a member of the Dutch Jewish Council who rescues hundreds of children from the concentration camps.
Our read · Süskind (2012) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded war · drama · holocaust entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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The shape of Süskind
What watching it is actually like.
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The reading.
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