San Jose State University Son of Saul and Edward Zwick Defiance Comparative Essay
Compare the two films:
Son of Saul
Edward Zwick’s Defiance
Defiance offers an example of American filmmaking conventions, i.e., Hollywood’s approach to the Holocaust.
Lazlo Nemes’s Son of Saul in contrast, makes a radical break with those conventions, and uses a variety of techniques and strategies to do so.
Please illustrate the differences between the two films with specific examples drawn from each.
Film: Laszlo Nemes, Son of Saul (Hungary, 2014),
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSabBa9IWYs
Film: Edward Zwick, Defiance (United States, 2008),
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI3tb8IDiHo
Must be 4-5 pages long MLA format
