The Look of Silence
2015
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The Act of Killing (Indonesian: Jagal, lit. ' Butcher ') is a 2012 experimental documentary film directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, with Christine Cynn and an anonymous Indonesian co-directing.The film follows individuals who participated in the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66, wherein alleged communists and people against the New Order regime were tortured and killed, with the killers ...
Nov 8, 2012 · The Act of Killing: Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous, Christine Cynn. With Anwar Congo, Herman Koto, Syamsul Arifin, Ibrahim Sinik. A documentary which challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.
Scott Marks San Diego Reader The Act of Killing is the only 100% original work of cinema to come out this year. Rated: 5/5 Feb 21, 2019 Full Review Dave Calhoun Time Out If Oppenheimer's aim is to ...
Subscribe for more Trailers - http://bit.ly/13hsEyCRelease: 19 July 2013In this chilling and inventive documentary, executive produced by Errol Morris (The F...
THE ACT OF KILLING is about killers who have won, and the sort of society they have built. Unlike ageing Nazis or Rwandan genocidaires, Anwar and his friends have not been forced by history to admit they participated in crimes against humanity. Instead, they have written their own triumphant history, becoming role models for millions of young ...
Feb 20, 2014 · The Oscar nominated documentary "The Act of Killing" challenges Anwar Congo, a death squad leader during the mass killings in 1965 Indonesia, to re-enact the horrors of his past. Director Joshua ...
Jul 17, 2013 · In Indonesia in 1965 a military coup occurred, after which a widespread purge of “Communists” (a catch-all term for opponents of the regime, real or imagined) was put into action.
In May 2012, our UK executive producer, André Singer, introduced a fine cut of THE ACT OF KILLING to Werner Herzog. Astonished by the film, he called it “unprecedented in the history of cinema.” Since then, he has been a tireless friend and supporter of the film, and has offered invaluable creative feedback during the final stages of editing.
The Act of Killing raises many questions, but perhaps the most awful is this: If, as Anwar Congo says, there are people like him everywhere in the world, will we ever live without terror? "There is no easy resolution to The Act of Killing," says Oppenheimer. "The murder of 1 million people is inevitably fraught with complexity and contradiction.
Jul 19, 2013 · The Act of Killing has some of the most horrific things humans can do to each other but in the end what was the point? All these men are still walking free and no punishments have be taken against them. The movie just revisits the past without dealing with the now. As a movie, its too long and has an ending that is unintentionally funny.
