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Jon Lewis writes on 9.47
“Alain Resnais’s 1955 documentary Night and Fog affirmed the horrors of the Holocaust using footage shot by the Nazis themselves. Many historians view this film as the necessary first step towards a new, postwar French cinema.”
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My initial response: This film is not your typical documentary. By editing found black and white footage with newly shot color footage of the empty camps, Resnais weaved together memory and history. I can see how this film could be often cited by historians as a film that opened the doors to a new movement in cinema in France - The French New Wave.