You are forced to stand idly by as they re-create brutal mass murder and joke about raping a 14-year-old. The gruesome twist of this documentary is that Oppenheimer asks them to re-enact the killings in surreal, sadistic snuff movies inspired by the murderer's favorite action movies. Did they pay for their crimes? Quite the contrary: said gangsters went on becoming political mainstays in modern-day Indonesia, are still now heralded as heroes, and admit to all these crimes with a smile and not a hint of regret. Without Oppenheimer's efforts, you might have never heard of the unspeakable events that happened when, in 1965-66, Suharto overthrew the then-president of Indonesia and a gangster-led death squad killed almost a million people. Despite it being one of the most difficult things to watch for any human being (or because of it), The Act of Killing received praise across the board, including an Academy Award nomination.
Joshua Oppenheimer's daring feat is a documentary unlike anything ever done. 35 Best Live TV Services on Amazon Fire TV for Cord-Cutting.30 Best Streaming Platforms For Under $10.
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