shrinking time

Ray 2022-03-24 09:03:32

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"The Look of Silence", a story about the massacre of millions of communists by the Indonesian military government in 1965. After more than 40 years, I went to interview the "murderer" of that year. No one regrets it. I can't help but stop here, because the feelings and plots after watching the movie are silently entangled, making some things blurred and difficult to describe objectively. The movie is heavy, but I don't think anyone in it should be blamed -- blamed by the protagonist's solemn silence and contempt at the end, blamed, helpless and tearful eyes from time to time. I feel very pale, sad, and have a feeling that time is rotting, as if from the perspective of the film, this country is sealed in the cruel blood of the past, without blood, without hope, everything will soon grow old Like the mother of the protagonist, and like the father, in his 100s, he lost the ability to live, lost the memory of blood, shrank into a ball, scrambled and wept in the corner of his own house in horror, but still thought he was only 16 or 7 years old. .. I can't help but sadly wonder what kind of consciousness these two rotten old people have in their bodies to keep them alive, because maybe I will inevitably become one of them in the future...

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Extended Reading
  • Helga 2022-03-17 09:01:08

    Each pair of eyes looks at each other as if walking into the abyss, the silent background sound makes every sentence especially clear, the soul shakes in the depths in the questioning room, and the vision from the murderer to the victim’s relatives may be even more painful. The confrontation, the lies in exchange for indifferent and uneasy, have you ever thought that this will be the same moral situation that you, me, him, and her might also face? Behind the scenes of the movie, there are kind-hearted protagonists and mothers, their courage is incomparable

  • Maddison 2022-03-20 09:02:45

    Joshua's second feature-length documentary won the 2014 Venice Jury Prize. Also focusing on the 1965 massacre in Indonesia, this film does not have the surreal scenes of the previous film "Deduction of Killing", but adopts a more approachable and real interview format, allowing the victim's family to face the executioner. However, the victims chose to forget because of fear, the butchers had no regrets, and the history in the classroom was repeatedly tampered with, which was chilling. Optometry glasses as a symbol. (8.5/10)

The Look of Silence quotes

  • Joshua Oppenheimer: What support did you have from the Army?

    Amir Hasan - Former Leader of Death Squad: They waited at the road with the truck. They didn't come down here. They never came down here. They called this, 'The People's Struggle.' So, they kept their distance. If the Army was seen doing this, the world would be angry. 'The Army is killing Communists!' So, to protect their image they made it look like the people exterminated the Communists. But everybody knows the Army was behind it.

  • Himself, brother of murdered Ramli Rukun: Tell me about that madness.

    Himself, former leader the village death squad: Some killed so many people who have gone mad. A man climbed a palm tree, every morning, to call for prayer. Killed too many people. There is only one way to avoid it. Drink the blood or go crazy. But if you drink blood, you can do anything.

    Himself, brother of murdered Ramli Rukun: [Testing the eyeglasses] What do you think...

    Himself, former leader the village death squad: Salty and sweet. The human blood.

    Himself, brother of murdered Ramli Rukun: Pardon?

    Himself, former leader the village death squad: Human blood is salty and sweet. I know from experience.