I was trying to keep away from this thread, but now you caught: me
Amrit Gangar wrote:
>PS: If you connect trains with Jewish history, the entire 'imagery' gets
>hugely 'grotesque'. Think of the Nazis' Final Solution! And the trains ...
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There are so many, but there is one in which a train features in the
most extraordinary way - I don't think this film has been mentioned
(pardon me if it has). This is Rudu Mhaileanu's La train de vie (1998).
It is story about a Jewish community somewhere in the Balkan's. When
they hear about the Nazi atrocities they decide to buy a train which
will take them to the promiosed land. They disguise it as a deportation
train, the German speakers assuming the role of SS men - soon enough
they are bickering about who deserves to be one. The films is absurdly
funny while not loosing the sense of horror of what is going on in the
background.
Henry Bacon
Finnish Film Archive
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