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It is simultaneously the most extraordinary documentary you've seen and also most chilling comment on the depths and banality of human brutality. It's unlike a
by forapurpose 9y ago
It is simultaneously the most extraordinary documentary you've seen and also most chilling comment on the depths and banality of human brutality.
It's unlike anything on film: The mass murderers believe they are showing off their exploits to an appreciative audience, demonstrating to the filmmakers what they did. They go so far as to end up acting out a surreal fantasy, complete with sets and costumes, which cannot be described. But this is a serious documentary about a horrible event; it's not parody or satire. Somehow, the perpetrators of the killings reveal themselves.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/19/movies/act-of-killing-re-enacts-indonesian-massacres.html http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/19/movies/act-of-killing-re-e...