Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Swastika Redux 1973-2009

The London screening of SWASTIKA at the BFI on 28th September was a well attended success, with a spirited Q&A after the film, with the audience and Lutz Becker, Sandy Lieberson, Lord Puttnam and myself. The BFI will have an online version of the Q&A up soon.

I did an interview on Night Waves for the BBC and the knowledge of the interviewer, Anne McElvoy was impressive. The Jewish News gave us a good mention as did the Scotsman. Onwards to Germany, where the film will OPEN the Biberach Film Festival.

As I mentioned in the BBC interview, some cliches or iconic statements are profound. One of these is Arendt's comment that the Nazis defined the "banality of evil."