In 1965, under the leadership of the West, the Indonesian military launched a coup to massacre the CPI and later expanded to the entire Chinese population. The entire incident was carried out by the Five Principles Youth League. The government did not apologize for the whole incident. The documentary gave the answer with facts. Anwar is still the number one figure in Indonesia. The entire Five Principles Youth League is already the largest social group in Indonesia. Talking about the mole on the caddy girl's labia during golf, and talking about a woman giving oral sex to 6 men at church, they talk about raping a 14-year-old girl, "Her hell, my Although "Paradise" Anwar has retired and looks like an ordinary old man, his status can be seen from various signs. Everywhere he goes, there are presidential reception standards, and the people who assist him in filming are all Governor. All of this stemmed from the massacres of the past. Because of these massacres, he sat where he is today, and because of the massacres of those years, he had everything. In the same way, his friend Adi is the same. He and his wife and daughter shuttle through modern shopping malls, and they are like a world away from those poor residential areas.
There are four explanations for this massacre, all of which are denied:
1. Anwar. He didn't think he was wrong because he didn't want to think about these CCP crimes, but it made him feel more comfortable (previous thought); I helped these suffering people go to heaven. (later thoughts)
2, adi. He admits that killing is wrong, and the killing itself is the greatest sin, but everything he does is to follow the arrangement, so it is the government's fault, the fault above, they should apologize, it is none of his business.
3. The government. This is necessary for national stability, and the Five Principles Youth League makes it more merciful, more efficient, and faster.
4. The reporter next door. Never knew these things, for the first time.
In contrast to the Holocaust, all these choices and denials seem familiar. During the Israeli trial of the century, Ehrman, the executor of the entire massacre, kept saying that he was just following the instructions of his superiors and that he did not kill any children himself (at that time, Germany used a child massacre car, which was used to fill the back of the car with exhaust gas for the purpose of massacres). child). When the Allies forced the Germans to carry their bodies to the Auschwitz concentration camp, the Germans were also very surprised. At that time, some people still believed that these bodies were fake and that the Allies were trying to slander the Germans. They were so close to the concentration camp that the ashes of the cremated corpses would fall on their quilts and clothes to dry, but they refused to admit that there was a massacre and concentration camps.
As the film progresses step by step, Anwar, the executioner, has been struggling with his own guilt. I admire this executioner, unlike Eichmann, Tojo or Saddam, no one catches him, throws him behind the prison bars, and then waves of victims accuse him. No one surrounded him, begging him for an explanation. On the contrary, what he has done has given him the honor and status above ten thousand people, and he is a hero.
But he was struggling. He didn't talk about raping young girls with laughter, to have fun, or to prevaricate himself with the phrase "it's all the government's fault, it's history's fault", he didn't. There was a voice deep inside him stirring him, telling him that something was wrong here. He gradually disintegrated the hard shells that the government, others, friends, and siblings had put on him.
"Why didn't I close his eyes, if I did, I wouldn't have nightmares, I always dream of their eyes now, staring at me"
"I keep thinking, these people's What will the children think, their children will grow up, because we they have no parents, can't get married, and are displaced."
"My friends always ask me to make the massacre scenes as bloody and perverted as possible, but I really see These women and children, I really don't know what to do."
At the end of the film, Anwar himself played the victim. His entire body was paralyzed, and he felt the victim's pain. At this time, the interviewer spoke for the first time: "Your feelings can't be compared with the victim, because you know this is a movie, and the victim knows that he is going to die."
After that, Anwar completely repented. He could no longer demonstrate the killing scene, could not go back to that place, he kept vomiting. No one had a meeting shouting "Down with xxxx" to create another rave or drama, his repentance came entirely from himself, the kindness in his heart. For this reason, he deserves my admiration more than any other executioner.
ps. Many Chinese people attribute this massacre to Indonesia, the United States and Western countries. In fact, during the same period, the Cambodian Khmer Rouge supported by our country committed similar massacres.
To quote a famous saying: "In all species, ancient and modern, there is killing, but only humans kill for pleasure."
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