"Heart-stopping
... stirring ... imbued with humanity and unexpected humor."
-
Jan Stuart, New York Newsday
"The filmmakers
have again brought their sound judgment, well-balanced intelligence
and smooth professional skills to a historic subject of continuing
importance... A devastating, deeply felt film that never once
yields to sensationalism."
- Stuart Klawans, The Nation
"An exquisite
and powerful documentary -- one whose elegance only heightens
its devastating impact."
- Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
"Wrenching,
sometimes funny, highly dramatic... not to be missed."
- Dennis Harvey, San Francisco Bay Guardian
"Oscar winning
filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman ("The Times of
Harvey Milk," "The Celluloid Closet") tap into
some powerful emotions in "Paragraph 175," an examination
of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals. Remarkable interviews
with survivors, many of whom are now in their 90s, reveal an aspect
of the Holocaust we haven't seen before. The elegance and restraint
of the filmmaking -- video cinematography at its most subtle --
makes the impact all the more devastating."
- David Ansen, Newsweek
"Exquisitely
lyrical."
-
Variety
- 2/9/00

