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The act of killing Cover Image DVD DVD

The act of killing / a film by Joshua Oppenheimer ; produced by Final Cut for Real ApS ; directed by Joshua Oppenheimer ; produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen ; executive producers, Errol Morris, Werner Herzog, André Singer, Joram ten Brink, Torstein Grude, Bjarte Mørner Tveit.

Oppenheimer, Joshua, 1974- (film director,, filmmaker.). Sørensen, Signe Byrge, (film producer.). Morris, Errol, (film producer.). Herzog, Werner, 1942- (film producer.). Singer, André, 1945- (film producer.). Ten Brink, Joram, (film producer.). Grude, Torstein, (film producer.). Tveit, Bjarte Mørner, (film producer.). Anif, Haji. (Added Author). Arifin, Sjamsul. (Added Author). Asmara, Sakhyan. (Added Author). Arango de Montis, Carlos, (director of photography.). Skree, Lars, (director of photography.). Andersen, Niels Pagh, (editor of moving image work.). Andersson, Erik, (editor of moving image work.). Bengtsen, Charlotte Munch, (editor of moving image work.). Jansen, Janus Billeskov, (editor of moving image work.). Fatjó-Vilas, Ariadna, (editor of moving image work.). Montpetit, Mariko, (editor of moving image work.). Morris, Errol. Murders of Gonzago. (Added Author). Final Cut for Real ApS, (film production company.). Drafthouse Films, (film distributor.). Cinedigm (Firm), (film distributor.).

Summary:

"The act of killing" is an examination of the murder of political dissidents in Indonesia by government sponsored death squads in the years following the military coup in 1965, in which the filmmakers were successful in persuading those responsible to reenact the killings for the camera in the fashion of American movies.

Item details

  • Physical Description: 2 DVD discs (122 min., 166 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (40 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
  • Edition: Director's cut and theatrical cut.
  • Publisher: [Place not identified] : Final Cut for Real ApS, 2012.
  • Distributor: [Littleton, Colo.?] : Drafthouse Films, [2014]

Contents / Notes

General Note:
Program content: ©2012.
Special features: Disc 1: 45 min. interview with Oppenheimer on Democracy now!; Vice presents: Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on The act of killing; Deleted scenes; Trailers; Disc 2: Audio commentary with executive producer Werner Herzog and director Joshua Oppenheimer; 40 page booklet featuring an essay "The murders of Gonzago" by Errol Morris; Digital download.
Formatted Contents Note:
disc 1. Theatrical version (122 min.) -- disc 2. Director's cut (166 min.)
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Cinematographers, Carlos Arango de Montis, Lars Skree, Anonymous; editors, Niels Pagh Andersen ... [et al.]
Participant or Performer Note:
Featuring Haji Anif, Syamsul Arifin, Sakhyan Asmara.
Language Note:
In Indonesian with English subtitles.

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Subject: Pemuda Pancasila (Organization)
Targeted killing > Indonesia.
Death squads > Indonesia.
Indonesia > History > Coup d'état, 1965.
Genre: Documentary films.
Social problem films.
Historical films.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Indonesian language films.

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