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‘The Zone Of Interest’ Executive Producer Danny Cohen On Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar Speech: “I Just Fundamentally Disagree”


Danny Cohen said he “fundamentally disagrees” with director Jonathan Glazer's speech.

Danny Cohen, executive producer of Jonathan Glazer ‘s Holocaust drama The Zone Of Interest, has said he “fundamentally disagrees” with the director’s politically-orientated Oscars acceptance speech. Accepting the International Feature Oscar last Sunday, Glazer spoke at length and highlighted what he described as the shared ideology behind the film’s subject matter and contemporary world events. Speaking in response on the Unholy podcast hosted by Yonit Levi of Israel’s Channel 12 News and Jonathan Freedland of The Guardian, Cohen, former Director Of BBC TV, said he believed it was important to note Glazer’s speech “upset a lot of people.”

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