Review of Hannah Arendt (2012) by Sandy K — 15 Jan 2014

A mesmerizing look at the brilliant mind of intellectual Hannah Arendt, whose writings on Nazi Adolf Eichmann's trial in the early 1960s coined the term "banality of evil" and unleashed a storm of angry debate about whether she was blaming the victims of the Holocaust.

The film focuses on just 4 years in Arendt's life, with occasional short flash-backs to help us better understand her life experiences and the arc of her thinking. Since her writings still evoke impassioned debates even 50 years later, this film gives the debate an important and thought-provoking context, and forces us to examine the true meaning of evil and society's role in facing it down.

Everyone should see this one!