The Look of Silence
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$0
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$157 857
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Director
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Adi Rukun, M.Y. Basrun, Amir Hasan, Inong, Kemat, Joshua Oppenheimer, Amir Siahaan, Ted Yates
All actors and roles (8)
All actors and roles (8)
Scenario
Producer
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Composer
Seri Banang
Artist
Audition
Editing
Nils Pagh Andersen
Whole Team (23)
Whole Team (23)
Short description
An Indonesian man with a communist background named Ramli was brutally murdered when the "Communist" purge occurred in 1965. His remaining family members lived in fear and silence until the making of this documentary. Adi, a brother of his, decided to revisit the horrific incident and visited the men who were responsible for the killings and one survivor of the purge. These meetings uncovered sadistic details of the murders and exposed raw emotions and reactions of the killers' family members about what happened in the past - much to Adi's disappointment.
What's left behind the scenes
- Indonesian directors who wished to remain anonymous due to fear of government pressure participated in the filming of the film.
- Joshua Oppenheimer first came to Indonesia in 2001, after the fall of the Suharto regime, to study the impact of globalization on the country. In 2004, two men took him to the shore of one island to show him the places where they had killed their victims, after which Oppenheimer became interested in the themes of murder and repentance, resulting in the sensational "The Act of Killing."
- During the editing of the film in 2013, Oppenheimer admitted that "he is breaking many taboos. He is putting the life of a surviving brother in great danger. In case of an emergency, there is a plan to relocate him and his family after the film is released next year."
- Joshua Oppenheimer first came to Indonesia in 2001, after the fall of the Suharto regime, to study the impact of globalization on the country. In 2004, two men took him to the shore of an island to show him the places where they had killed their victims, after which Oppenheimer became interested in the themes of murder and repentance, resulting in the sensational film 'The Act of Killing'.
- During the film's editing in 2013, Oppenheimer admitted that "he is breaking many taboos. He is putting the life of his surviving brother in great danger. There is a contingency plan to relocate him and his family after the film is released next year."
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