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San Jose State University Son of Saul and Edward Zwick Defiance Comparative Essay

 

Compare the two films:

Son of Saul

Edward Zwick’s Defiance

Defiance offers an example of American filmmaking conventions, i.e., Hollywood’s approach to the Holocaust.

Lazlo Nemes’s Son of Saul in contrast, makes a radical break with those conventions, and uses a variety of techniques and strategies to do so.

Please illustrate the differences between the two films with specific examples drawn from each.

Film: Laszlo Nemes, Son of Saul (Hungary, 2014),

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSabBa9IWYs

Film: Edward Zwick, Defiance (United States, 2008),

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI3tb8IDiHo

Must be 4-5 pages long MLA format