" The speed at which Jonathan Glazer ’s statement has been misquoted and move around into something sinister has been unbelievable . "
Yesterday, writer and director Jonathan Glazer won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film for his movieThe Zone of Interest. He was the only winner to directly condemn the violence in Gaza in his speech.
For context,The Zone of Interestis a disturbing movie about the Holocaust, as told through an unsettling portrait of a Nazi family who live near Auschwitz. It was nominated for five Oscars in total, including Best Picture.
Upon accepting the award, Jonathan took to the stage alongside producer James Wilson. He said, “All our choices were made to reflect and confront us in the present, not to say, ‘Look what they did then’ — rather, look what we do now. Our film shows where dehumanization leads at its worst. It’s shaped all of our past and present."
“Right now, we stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people,” he said, to some applause. “Whether the victims of October the 7th in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza — all the victims of this dehumanization. How do we resist?”
Jonathan dedicated the award to a woman named Alexandra, whomhe metwhile making the movie, who left food for the prisoners in the concentration camp overnight while she was a child living in the area. Referencing her depiction in the movie, Jonathan concluded, “I dedicate this to her memory, and her resistance.”
However, people took Jonathan’s words grossly out of context — including Republican punditMeghan McCain, whotweeted, “Lotta people in Hollywood showing their ass when a man gets on stage to ‘refute his Jewishness’ and half the room claps.”
Amid the backlash, many subsequently took to the platform to reemphasize what Jonathan hadactuallysaid:
you may dissent with what Jonathan Glazer allege , but lying that he said he “ refute his Jewishness ” rather than that he “ controvert his Jewishness being hijacked ” is so dishonest
The hurrying at which Jonathan Glazer ’s statement has been misquote and turned into something sinister , even in Variety , has been unbelievable . There ’s telecasting grounds of what he said , and even that has n’t break off the exertion to change it into something else .
the way that jonathan glazer ’s quotation is being taken out of context is almost surrealistic . this humans did not " refute his jewishness " ! he said he refutes his jewishness being hijacked by the israeli occupation ! ! agree or do n’t , but at least quote him accurately lol
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He did not rebut his Jewishness , he refuted its weaponization.https://t.co/t6j1mgR9wy
And some argued that the aforementioned critiques were not done so in “good faith”:
The problem with threads like these is that they assume the citizenry attacking Glazer are acting in good faith , which they are not and will not . There ’s no misunderstanding here - what they take government issue with is him even refer the racial extermination in Gaza.https://t.co/nNkbiIjidV
The fact that a Judaic director of a highly acclaimed film about the Holocaust , made in collaboration with the Auschwitz Museum , is being accused of * anti-Semitism * by right wingers just because he decried the violence done to Palestinian civilians in his name says so much
We’ll keep you posted with any updates.
