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Cinematic Scar Tissue: An Interview with Joshua Oppenheimer on The Act of Killing.
- Source :
- Senses of Cinema; Jul2013, Issue 67, p17-17, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- An interview with film director Joshua Oppenheimer is presented. Oppenheimer directed the critically acclaimed documentary "The Act of Killing" which focuses on the mass slaughter of leftists and ethnic Chinese in Indonesia in the 1960s from the viewpoint of the perpetrators. He speaks about how he gained interest in the heinous events. He also talks about including Anwar Congo, the main perpetrator of the mass killings, in the filmmaking process.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14434059
- Issue :
- 67
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Senses of Cinema
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 90727757