Whether in heaven or in the world, evil is always an indispensable force that restricts justice

Robin 2022-01-11 08:01:40

A piece of history that is about to be forgotten, 300,000 Chinese were killed in a tragic massacre in a foreign country...

A documentary film "Deduction of Killing" that reflects the 930 incident during Suharto's period in Indonesia was nominated for the Academy Awards. Although these 300,000 Chinese have been naturalized in Indonesia, they are still compatriots connected to us...

This is Oscar's contribution to China, the work of an American director. Whether in heaven or in the world, evil has always been an indispensable force that restricts justice. If this force ceases to exist, there will be no place for justice, or justice will become evil.

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  • Daniela 2022-03-29 09:01:06

    Very shocking. I watched the director's cut version, because it was a screening back to my alma mater, and the director also did a Q&A on the spot. The protagonist of the documentary is the main executioner of the 1965 anti-communist massacre in Indonesia, killing more than a thousand people with his own hands. The director asked him to make a fictional film that recreated the crime he had committed, and the executioner readily agreed. It's like watching Arendt's "Mediocre Evil", but it's more shocking: the executioner gradually changed his understanding of himself in the process of directing

  • Jacklyn 2022-04-22 07:01:43

    Whether it's the expression or the values ​​of the people, it's completely like another universe, and I watch it as a cult movie. The last of 2013.

The Act of Killing quotes

  • Anwar Congo: Why do people watch James Bond? To see action. Why do people watch films about Nazis? To see power and sadism! We can do that! We can make something even more sadistic than... more sadistic than what you see in movies about Nazis. Sure I can. Because there's never been a movie where heads get chopped off - except in fiction, but that's different - because I did it in real life!

  • Anwar Congo: Honestly, I never expected it would look this awful. My friends kept telling me to act more sadistic. But then I saw the women and children. Imagine those children's future. They've been tortured. Now their houses are burnt down. What future do they have? They will curse us for the rest of their lives. This was so very, very, very...