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Ariane 2022-03-21 09:02:44

Very angry and disgusting. It took me two or three days to read on and off. What makes me so uncomfortable is not the picture, but the complacent complacent of those former executioners for their own brutality after fifty years. They are still regarded as heroes, powerful and powerful, and have countless admirers. In front of the camera, they calmly reenacted those killings of the past, singing and dancing vividly showing the despair and pain of those dying, not only without a trace of remorse, but with excitement and pride. The most terrifying thing is that these sinners will eventually die, and a new generation of Indonesians will inherit their mantle in a frenzy. This extreme hatred and ignorance is even worse. The hostility to the Chinese and pagans has intensified to this day. In the past two years, the mayor of Jakarta, Zhong Wanxue, under his guidance, Jakarta has made great changes, the economy has grown steadily, and the infrastructure has taken off. But because of Chinese blood and pagan identity, he was maliciously slandered and even imprisoned, causing a great uproar. Jakarta's economy has since stopped, and now it is in a deep recession. Even in the face of the camera, in ordinary Chinese shops, they ask for protection money like rogues, intimidate, bully, bully, and act recklessly. As long as the Chinese who have been to this country will have this experience, from the moment they enter the customs, they are asked for tips by greedy officials and make things difficult for them everywhere. If you do business locally, it is common to be disturbed and extorted. If you open your mouth and shut your mouth, you are asking for red envelopes. If you don't give it, you will be in trouble. Calling the police is useless because they are family. I have always believed that as long as the time comes, those cruel past events will happen again in this thousand-island country.

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  • Neva 2022-04-24 07:01:17

    Found guilty isn't the destiny of a murder who believed in things called "free man".

  • Mortimer 2022-04-23 07:03:36

    Evil and ugliness were manifested through the official massacre in Indonesia in the 20th century and the gangs that took the opportunity to take advantage of it. Many viewers couldn't help projecting the country's history. The performance (a naive imitation of Hollywood in the 1960s) makes the process of empathy protracted, and the final twist is slightly hypocritical - maybe we all expect evil to be so simple and obvious, and education to be so easy.

The Act of Killing quotes

  • Anwar Congo: In my dreams they have threatening voices. They're like ghosts who hate me... They laugh, but frighteningly.

  • Anwar Congo: What I regret... 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 will be burned down. What future do they have? They will curse us for the rest of their lives. This was so very, very, very...