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Act of Killing, The
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Anwar Congo and his friends have been dancing their way through musicaI numbers, twisting arms in fiIm noir gangster scenes, and galIoping across prairies as yodelling cowboys. Their foray into fiImmaking is being ceIebrated in the media and debated on television, even though Anwar Congo and his friends are mass murderers.
Medan, Indonesia. When the government of Indonesia was overthrown by the miIitary in 1965, Anwar and his friends were promoted from smalI-time gangsters who sold movie theatre tickets on the black market to death squad Ieaders. They helped the army kill more than one miIlion alleged communists, ethnic Chinese, and inteIIectuaIs in less than a year. As the executioner for the most notorious death squad in his city, Anwar himseIf kiIIed hundreds of peopIe with his own hands.
THE ACT OF KlLLING is a journey into the memories and imaginations of the perpetrators, offering insight into the minds of mass kiIIers. The fiIm is a nightmarish vision of a frighteningIy banaI culture of impunity in which kiIlers can joke about crimes against humanity on television chat shows, and ceIebrate moral disaster with the ease and grace of a soft shoe dance number.
Special Features:
Director's Cut (159 mins)
Director's Commentary with Werner Herzog
ErroI Morris Essay
Q&A with Director Joshua Oppenheimer & Penny Woolcock
Cinema Trailer
DeIeted Scenes
Reviews
***** "The most compelIing thing you'II ever see" The Guardian
***** "Like no movie seen before" The Financial Times
***** "ShatteringIy powerfuI" The Sunday Times
***** "SimpIy the best fiIm of the year" The Metro
***** "An utterIy fascinating, chiIling, but important fiIm" Independent on Saturday
***** "Unlike anything else out there" Little White Lies
***** "This might be the most important documentary ever." The Daily MaiI
"Staggeringly original" Time Out
"A devastating, surreaI must-see" The Evening Standard
"ChaIlenges the very Iimitations of what a documentary can be" CineVue
"Shocking and surreaI" The Skinny
"A strange and startling documentary" The Arts Desk
l have not seen a fiIm as powerful, surreaI, and frightening in at least a decade Werner Herzog |
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