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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, many becoming gangsters, still in power throughout the country.
- $722,714
- Elin Øyen Vister, Karsten Fundal
- $1 million
- Signe Byrge Sørensen, Joram ten Brink, Anne Köhncke, Michael Uwemedimo
Nov 8, 2012 · A documentary that challenges former Indonesian death-squad leaders to reenact their mass-killings in various cinematic genres. Based on the 1965 anti-communist purge that killed hundreds of thousands of people, the film explores the impact of the past and the society they built.
- Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous, Christine Cynn
- 152
- 2 min
Feb 20, 2014 · Joshua Oppenheimer's Oscar-nominated film follows former death squad leaders who boastfully reenact their war crimes in Hollywood style. The director explores the psychology and legacy of the 1965 massacres in Indonesia.
- 2 min
- Victoria Fleischer
Jul 17, 2013 · A documentary that follows the death squad leaders of Indonesia's 1965 massacre as they reenact their crimes and boast of their atrocities. The film exposes the banality of evil, the power of storytelling, and the haunting legacy of violence and impunity.
Jul 19, 2013 · Raw, terrifying, and painfully difficult to watch, The Act of Killing offers a haunting testament to the edifying, confrontational power of documentary cinema.
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- Anwar Congo, Jusuf Kalla
- Joshua Oppenheimer
- Novaya Zemlya
Jun 30, 2013 · The Act of Killing – review. Joshua Oppenheimer's bloody documentary restaging a wave of mass killings in 1960s Indonesia leaves our critic dumbfounded. Mark Kermode. Sat 29 Jun 2013 19.05 EDT ...
