The Act of Killing

“I felt gobsmacked watching this. My only criticism of it is that it exposes so vividly the actions of each person involved but the bigger issue of western involvement is less of a take away? Nevertheless! It’s remarkable filmmaking, maybe perfect filmmaking ABOUT Nominated for an Academy Award®, The Act of Killing is as dreamlike and terrifying as anything that Werner Herzog (one of the executive producers) could imagine. This film explores a horrifying era in Indonesian history and provides a window into modern Indonesia, where corruption reigns. Not only is the 1965 murder of an estimated one million people honored as a patriotic act, but the killers remain in power. In a mind-bending twist, death-squad leaders dramatize their brutal deeds in the style of the American westerns, musicals and gangster movies they love — and play both themselves and their victims. As their heroic facade crumbles, they come to question what they've done. -PBS”