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Occupied City is a 2023 documentary film directed and produced by Steve McQueen and based on the book Atlas of an Occupied City, Amsterdam 1940-1945 by Bianca Stigter. [1][10] It is narrated by Melanie Hyams. The film is a co-production between the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and the United States. [8]
Bottom line, this documentary DID NOT need to be over 4 hours long. It turns what could have been a truly meditative experience into an endurance test.
- (571)
- Documentary, History, War
- Steve McQueen
- 2023-11-30
Dec 21, 2023 · Oscar-winning British filmmaker Steve McQueen's mammoth documentary Occupied City arrives in US cinemas on Christmas Day, presenting a chilling chronicle of the systematic and brutal efforts to...
Dec 22, 2023 · The equally immersive “Occupied City,” running at 262 minutes, is an adaptation of Stigter’s book Atlas of an Occupied City, Amsterdam 1940-1945, whose narrated texts are written by Stigter as well. Their creative partnership is an intriguing wrinkle for a film dependent upon the doubling of histories, architectural functions, and identities.
McQueen creates two interlocking portraits: a door-to-door excavation of the Nazi occupation that still haunts his adopted city, and a vivid journey through the last years of pandemic and...
- (62)
- Steve Mcqueen
- PG-13
- Documentary, History, War
Feb 13, 2024 · It runs to four hours and 22 minutes long. He has said that there is also a 36 hour cut. Just in case anyone needs a bit more. On plenty of levels, Occupied City is a commendable...
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McQueen creates two interlocking portraits: a door-to-door excavation of the Nazi occupation that still haunts his adopted city, and a vivid journey through the last years of pandemic and protest. What emerges is both devastating and life-affirming, an expansive meditation on memory, time, and where we're headed.