Christian Petzold's 'Phoenix' (2014)
Her Head in FilmsMay 21, 202400:40:26

Christian Petzold's 'Phoenix' (2014)

In this episode, I discuss Christian Petzold's 2014 film, "Phoenix," which is about a woman who survives the Auschwitz death camp, undergoes facial reconstructive surgery, and tries to re-connect with her husband who is the reason she was imprisoned in the first place. This is a masterful film about trauma, survival, and how difficult, even excruciating it is, to rebuild oneself and one's life.



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Original artwork by Dhiyanah Hassan (https://www.bydhiyanah.com/)



Full show notes:




• Read Olivia Landry's “A Body Without a Face: The Disorientation of Trauma in Phoenix (2014) and New Holocaust Cinema” (Film-Philosophy, Vol 21, Issue 2) (http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/film.2017.0043)