Anyone see it yet?
The filmmakers examine a country where death squad leaders are celebrated as heroes, challenging them to reenact their real-life mass-killings in the style of the American movies they love. The hallucinatory result is a cinematic fever dream, an unsettling journey deep into the imaginations of mass-murderers and the shockingly banal regime of corruption and impunity they inhabit.
The Act of Killing....
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The Act of Killing....
by svizzerams » Tue Jan 14, 2014 12:58 am
Joan of Arc went to battle with nothing
but the voices in her head
and a well-sharpened sword ~ Charlotte
...those without swords can still die upon them...
Illegitami non carborundum est
but the voices in her head
and a well-sharpened sword ~ Charlotte
...those without swords can still die upon them...
Illegitami non carborundum est
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Re: The Act of Killing....
by nowonmai » Tue Jan 14, 2014 1:03 am
The banality of evil is now such an embedded concept that the shocking truth would be that some of these killers are quite interesting.
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Re: The Act of Killing....
by coldharvest » Tue Jan 14, 2014 10:33 am
nowonmai wrote: some of these killers are quite interesting.
They always have been
I know the law. And I have spent my entire life in its flagrant disregard.
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Re: The Act of Killing....
by vagabond » Wed Mar 05, 2014 6:32 am
svizz - Yes, well worth checking out.
Other than the documentary that actually won an Oscar ("20 Feet from Stardom"), the other nominated ones are on Netflix if you have access (and piracy if you don't).
Other than the documentary that actually won an Oscar ("20 Feet from Stardom"), the other nominated ones are on Netflix if you have access (and piracy if you don't).
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