'Time of the Heathen' Mixes Atomic Angst with Racial Woes
'Time of the Heathen' is a nightmarish, hyper-edited, avant-garde freak-out as atomic angst and racial woes wend their way toward Shakespearean tragedy.
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'Time of the Heathen' is a nightmarish, hyper-edited, avant-garde freak-out as atomic angst and racial woes wend their way toward Shakespearean tragedy.
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<p>The author's father directed the live telecast of Adolf Eichmann's trial in Jerusalem, using a cinematographical approach to raise the harrowing question of how a bureaucratic mediocrity could have engineered a genocide. The Israeli government's growing concern with the victims eclipsed this curiosity about the perpetrators. </p>
The New York Times is marking Holocaust Remembrance Day by publishing an article claiming that fascism is on the rise in Israel. The article is by Tom Hurwitz, identified by the Times as “an award-winning documentary cinematographer and director.” Hurwitz recounts being 14 years old and sitting with his director father, Leo Hurwitz, in the
He wanted people to focus on fascism, but his innovative technique drew their attention elsewhere.