Review of There Was Once... (2011) by Andrew Schenker for Slant Magazine — 18 Sep 2011
A not insignificant act of oral history, Gabor Kalman's There Was.
Once… makes for considerably less compelling cinema whenever it turns.
Its focus away from the talking-head testimony of the Holocaust.
Survivors of Kalosca, Hungary.
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This review of There Was Once... (2011) was written by Andrew Schenker and published by Slant Magazine on 18 Sep 2011.
There Was Once... has generally received positive reviews.
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