2012 1h 57m Joshua Oppenheimer

The Act of Killing

Name: The Act of Killing
Genre: Crime, History, War & Military, Documentary
Released: 2012
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Anwar Congo, Herman Koto, Syamsul Arifin, Ibrahim Sinik

★ 8.2 IMDb

Crime History War & Military Documentary

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.

Cast Anwar Congo, Herman Koto, Syamsul Arifin, Ibrahim Sinik

DP Lars Skree

Essays and Criticism

On this film

Find Me Guilty: Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing by Adam Nayman, Cinema Scope

On Joshua Oppenheimer

Joshua Oppenheimer: ‘The End is an artefact of barbarism’ by Sophie Monks Kaufman, Little White Lies

In conversation with other films

Hybrid Challenges by Maria Fosheim Lund, FIPRESCI

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