The Look of Silence
2015
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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
Jul 19, 2013 · "The Act of Killing" introduces us to several Indonesian mass murderers who jump at the chance offered by this documentary's maker, Joshua Oppenheimer, to make their own movie, a chronicle of their years carrying out an anti-Communist purge that claimed over a million lives in 1965-66.
Nov 8, 2012 · 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.
- Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous, Christine Cynn
- 152
- 2 min
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
Feb 20, 2014 · Arts Feb 20, 2014 1:10 PM EDT. 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...
- 2 min
- Victoria Fleischer
Jul 17, 2013 · And this is really all you need to know: “The Act of Killing” is truly one of the most intensely unsettling, frightening, riveting films I’ve seen, maybe ever. In Indonesia in 1965 a ...
The Act of Killing lets the killers explain their actions in an unusual way. Director Joshua Oppenheimer takes viewers on an unsettling journey through the history and psychology of men who killed without justice or remorse, who not only prospered from their deeds, but remain in power to this day.
