Night and Fog (Nuit et Brouillard)
Through its visionary combination of harrowing archival images and colour footage of the abandoned concentration camp, Night and Fog cemented Resnais' status as a gifted director of documentary. Made with extraordinary sensitivity and intelligence, Night and Fog is filled with deep and articulate sorrow, yet it is buoyed by an unerringly powerful humanist intent.
As with his feature films of the new wave, Resnais' documentary stands as an example of stunningly emotional cinematic poetry.
Reviews
“It's quite plain to see why François Truffautonce called Night and Fog the greatest film ever made, especially considering its poetic impact”
John Nesbit, Culturedose.Net
Screens With
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When
11:00 PM Friday, 25 February
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Mercury Cinema
Ticket Price
Free (Bookings Required)
As Part Of
Late And Great: The Documentaries that Changed the WorldAbout Night and Fog
32 minutes16mm
Mono
In French with English subtitles
Print Source
National Film and Video Lending Service
Awards
Prix Jean Vigo 56About the Director
Alain Resnais
Born in 1922 in France, Alan Resnais studied at the Institut des Hautes Ètudes Cinématographiques in Paris. He then went on to make several short films; his 1948 short film Van Gogh garnering him an Academy Award. Renais soon after, made several more documentaries including the acclaimed Night and Fog and Hiroshima Mon Amour.
Filmography
Not On the Lips (2003)Same Old Song (1997)
Smoking/No Smoking (1993)
Gershwin (1992)
Lest We Forget (1991)
I Want to Go Home (1989)
Mélo (1986)
Love Unto Death (1984)
Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983)
My American Uncle (1980)
Providence (1977)
Stavisky (1974)
The Year 01 (1973)
Cinétracts (1968)
Je t'aime, je t'aime (1968)
Far from Vietnam (1967)
The War Is Over (1966)
The Time of Return (1963)
Last Year in Marienbad (1961)
Hiroshima mon amour (1959)
Chant du Styrène, Le (1958)
Mystère de l'atelier quinze, Le (1957)
Toute la mémoire du monde (1956)
Night and Fog (1955)
Statues Also Die (1953)
Pictura: Adventure in Art (1951)
Guernica (1951)
Gauguin (1950)
Châteaux de France (1948)
Jardins de Paris, Les (1948)
Malfray (1948)
Van Gogh (1948)
Alcool tue, L' (1947)
Bague, La (1947)
Journé naturelle (1947)
Lait Nestlé, Le (1947)
Portrait d'Henri Goetz (1947)
Van Gogh (1947)
Visite à César Doméla (1947)
Visite à Félix Labisse (1947)
Visite à Hans Hartung (1947)
Visite à Lucien Coutaud (1947)
Visite à Oscar Dominguez (1947)
Open for Inventory Causes (1946)
Schéma d'une identification (1946)
Aventure de Guy, L' (1936)