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The act of killing

Call Number

  • DVD 959.8 A1881T (WSQ)

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Edition

Theatrical version.

Languages

In Indonesian, with English subtitles.

Performers

Anwar Congo, Herman Koto.

Publication Information

[New York, NY] : Cinedigm Entertainment

Physical Description

1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (37 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

This chilling and inventive documentary, executive-produced by Errol Morris (The Fog of War) and Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man), examines a country where death squad leaders are celebrated as heroes, and are challenged 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.

Notes

Title from container.

"No. 14"--Container spine.

Originally produced as a documentary in 2012.

Special features: 45 min. interview with Oppenheimer on Democracy Now!; Vice presents: Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on The act of killing ; deleted scenes ; trailers.

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