Even Lanzmann himself, who went on to direct a handful of movies using footage that didn’t make Shoah’s original cut, would never again attain the heights, and existential depths, of an epic ...

“Not one American dollar funded Shoah,” he recalls, noting that if the film’s message had been, “Never again, or love one another,” he might have had an easier time getting it financed.

Even Lanzmann himself, who went on to direct a handful of movies using footage that didn't make Shoah's original cut, would never again attain the heights, and existential depths, of an epic that ...