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2016.10.20 "The Silent Statue"
Lee 2022-01-22 08:01:30
After seeing it, I realized that the stills turned out to be the bosses of those killers. This is another thought-provoking documentary. In today’s peaceful world, there are still places to worry about life and death issues. At the beginning, I was also co-produced. Democratic presidential republican monarchy. Although it’s still a bit confusing after reading the encyclopedia, I don’t know how they distinguished who was communist and who was not. I don’t know whether there is communism in Indonesia now. I only know from the film. From the Chinese perspective, everyone feels that they have done nothing wrong, and some even think that they are great and want historical records and national rewards. However, judging from their nervous expressions and physical movements, I think they have absolutely blamed themselves. They have been condemned by their own hearts. The reason why they did not admit their mistakes may be because they had drunk human blood, or their human nature was inherently evil, or they just thought that they were innocent as well and made the right. On my own side, I even acted inhumanely, but the facts are facts. I admit mistakes and stand firm when I was beaten. I personally think that regardless of whether things are right or wrong, I have done this kind of inhumanity. Should apologize to the deceased and the relatives of those deceased. Find time to watch the other one, it seems that that one will tell more about the killing process.
Extended Reading
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Ellen 2022-03-19 09:01:08
"Only by killing all these Communists can we achieve democracy." To this day, we are still confident. Regarding the dark side of the nation, the slaughter without repentance reflects the obscurity of contemporary Indonesia. The presence of the PS male protagonist is too strong, and it has almost affected the objectivity as a documentary...
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Frederik 2022-03-23 09:03:13
What is terrifying and absurd is that the killer still retains the right to interpret history, but the victim remains silent, in order to prove to himself "if I did something wrong, why haven't I been punished yet". But at least the filming facilitated the dialogue, so that the killers were no longer arrogant, and instead avoided saying "please stop talking about politics."
Top cast
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Joshua Oppenheimer: What support did you have from the Army?
Amir Hasan - Former Leader of Death Squad: They waited at the road with the truck. They didn't come down here. They never came down here. They called this, 'The People's Struggle.' So, they kept their distance. If the Army was seen doing this, the world would be angry. 'The Army is killing Communists!' So, to protect their image they made it look like the people exterminated the Communists. But everybody knows the Army was behind it.
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Himself, brother of murdered Ramli Rukun: Tell me about that madness.
Himself, former leader the village death squad: Some killed so many people who have gone mad. A man climbed a palm tree, every morning, to call for prayer. Killed too many people. There is only one way to avoid it. Drink the blood or go crazy. But if you drink blood, you can do anything.
Himself, brother of murdered Ramli Rukun: [Testing the eyeglasses] What do you think...
Himself, former leader the village death squad: Salty and sweet. The human blood.
Himself, brother of murdered Ramli Rukun: Pardon?
Himself, former leader the village death squad: Human blood is salty and sweet. I know from experience.