The Act of Killing

the indonesian title of this film, "jagal", means "butcher". i think that's something we should realize and think on, as it frames the film for the indonesian audience with a little more pointed judgement than the potentially-ambivalent american presentation of the film. this makes it even more inexplicable that director joshua oppenheimer was able to return to indonesia two years after this film to make a follow-up, the look of silence. i actually watched that first. i know, i know, "why would you do that??" well, i had heard it did not have quite the power of this one, and i didn't want to... read more