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In 1989, Harold Pinter and Jerry Schatzberg made the perfect Holocaust movie for 2026

JL;DR SUMMARY Reunion, a re-released 1989 film by Jerry Schatzberg with a screenplay by Harold Pinter, explores the complex dynamics of friendship in pre-Holocaust Germany. 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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IdentityHolocaustFriendshipNazi GermanyHopeReunionHarold PinterSocietal CollapsePolitical UpheavalJerry Schatzberg

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"An older man has traveled from New York City to Stuttgart, a trip that has clearly brought him immense psychological pain."
Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
"An older man has traveled from New York City to Stuttgart, a trip that has clearly brought him immense psychological pain."
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
"a lonely Jewish teenager at an elite all-boys Stuttgart school."

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