Human Remains (film)

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

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

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]

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
  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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