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| At once the most micro and meta combination of cinéma vérité, documentary, and docudrama filmmaking techniques ever assembled, Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Act of Killing" is an earth-shattering cinema experience. Cole Smithey-ColeSmithey.com As insights into the darkest corners of human mentality go, this is a truly remarkable, real-life alternative to movies like Downfall (the last days of Hitler) and The Last King of Scotland (the Idi Amin story). Graham Young-Birmingham Mail Joshua Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing is, at the very least, unlike anything we've seen before. Gruelling, harrowing, and weirdly funny. Simon Miraudo-Quickflix A film that would be a satire were it not so chillingly real. Ron Wilkinson-Monsters and Critics The Act of Killing and its backstory no doubt have more to reveal upon closer investigation, though what it's shown is already hard to forget. Nicolas Rapold-Film Comment Magazine This is an unflinching, captivating documentary that does much more than simply record or readdress history - it uses cinema as both judge and jury for a one-time executioner. Michael Leader-Film4 Opppenheimer's high-risk strategy of avoiding historical analysis and giving the film over to bragging mass murderers pays huge dividends. Tom Dawson-The List Unspeakable horror and utterly mundane madness are thrown together in the existential equivalent of the Large Hadron Collider - fact and fiction meeting head on with quietly earth-shattering results. Mark Kermode-Observer [UK] Unforgettable. A no-fooling work of genius. Tara Brady-Irish Times The director has hit upon a form that renders these atrocities... as unsparing X-rays of the murderers' vast delusions. Ryan Gilbey-New Statesman It's one of the most gruelling and disturbing films you will ever see but, if you want the truth, essential. David Sexton-This is London This ideological push and pull at the film's core supplies it with a sense of high drama. How far can Oppenheimer indulge the whims of his subject to further calcify his demonic inner-nature? David Jenkins-Little White Lies An astonishing documentary that's essential viewing for anyone wishing to understand the darker aspects of the human condition. Christopher Tookey-Daily Mail [UK] It is a gut-churning film: and a radical dive into history, grabbing the past in a way a conventional documentary would not. Peter Bradshaw-Guardian [UK] First, the film beggars belief. Then it sends belief running into the hills, screaming for help and understanding. Nigel Andrews-Financial Times This movie is essential. Tim Robey-Daily Telegraph Joshua Oppenheimer's film leaves too many questions unanswered but it's a chilling demonstration of the banality of evil and an eye-opening portrait of a corrupt nation. Henry Fitzherbert-Daily Express Hopefully there will be as much of a lasting effect on the killers as this picture has on the viewer, in a feature that isn't likely to escape you easily. Stefan Pape-HeyUGuys A sizzling doc that focuses on the repulsive bragging of two unpunished mass murderers treated by their government as heroes. Harvey S. Karten-Compuserve You may need a stiff drink and a lie down afterwards. Mark Stafford-Electric Sheep | |
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