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As long as there are movies about Nazis, there will be movies about the art they looted

JL;DR SUMMARY Pascal Bonitzer's film "Auction" serves as a recent addition to the genre focusing on Nazi-looted art, exploring the ethical and legal ramifications of art restitution. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Cultural HeritageNazi Looted ArtArt RestitutionEgon SchieleAuction FilmKarl GrunwaldMaria AltmannWoman In GoldThe Monuments MenArt Ownership

Places mentioned

Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France
"Based on a true story, it recounts what transpired in 2005, when a major work by Expressionist artist Egon Schiele, Wilted Sunflowers, was discovered in a home in a suburb of Mulhouse, France."
New York City, New York, United States
"Simi Horwitz is a feature writer and film reviewer based in New York City."
New York, United States
"Just this week, The Guardian reported that the heirs of a Jewish couple are suing The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York over a Vincent van Gogh painting they say was plundered by the Nazis."
Canada
"The film follows her as she travels from Canada to Poland and Israel where she is, by turns, regarded with suspicion or more usually snubbed outright."
Poland
"The film follows her as she travels from Canada to Poland and Israel where she is, by turns, regarded with suspicion or more usually snubbed outright."
Israel
"The film follows her as she travels from Canada to Poland and Israel where she is, by turns, regarded with suspicion or more usually snubbed outright."
Vienna, Austria
"Prior to landing at MoMA it was housed in Rudolph Leopolds Austrian museum."

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