Human Remains (film)

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Human Remains
Directed byJay Rosenblatt
Written byJay Rosenblatt
Distributed byLocomotion Films [1]
Release date
  • 1998 (1998)
Countries United States
Denmark

Human Remains is a 1998 Danish-American documentary short film written and directed by filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt. [2] [3] [4]

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Summary

It reveals every intimate and mundane detail about the personal lives of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Francisco Franco and Mao Zedong [5] [6] [7] while illustrating the banality of evil. [8] [9] [10]

Production

Even though it is only a 30-minute film, it took Jay Rosenblatt 3 years to complete it with eight months of research. [11] [12]

Accolades

The film has won over 27 awards including a Sundance Jury Award. [13]

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References

  1. ↑ Human Remains (excerpt) posted by Karl-Heinz Teuber (German voiceover for the film) on YouTube
  2. ↑ AllMusic
  3. ↑ Human remains (VHS tape, 1998) - WorldCat.org
  4. ↑ Deckert Distribution GmbH
  5. ↑ "Fandor". Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  6. ↑ TCM.com
  7. ↑ BFI
  8. ↑ 1998 Best Short Documentary—IDA Awards: Human Remains|International Documentary Association
  9. ↑ Rosenblatt, Jay — Senses of Cinema
  10. ↑ The Smell of Burning Ants — Senses of Cinema
  11. ↑ "Human Remains". Kanopy. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  12. ↑ Senses of Cinema
  13. ↑ "Sundance Film Festival: Juries, Awards Night Host Announced". www.sundance.org. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
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