Through Joshua Oppenheimer's film, we not only see how these people murdered the communists in the past, but also see how it is still the case in Indonesia today, and we see how paramilitary organizations extort Chinese people. This is where Chinese who like to go to Bali naturally don't see it.
Fortunately The Act Of Killing is not Chinese, Joshua Oppenheimer has his purpose and his method. He did not exchange sensational skills for the audience's sympathy, because what he wanted to influence was not the audience, but these murderers. In the end, Anwar Congo seemed to wake up from a dream and finally realized his behavior. I don't know if Joshua Oppenheimer expected this, but based on the fact that Anwar Congo in the movie had this kind of insight after watching the movie, I don't think Joshua Oppenheimer expected this ending.
In another segment, Anwar Congo's neighbor recounts the night when his Chinese adoptive father was killed, even though he is Indonesian himself. The camera finally caught him crying, and I think that was his enlightenment when he was only 12 years old.
It's not a bloody movie, there's no Hollywood-style violence in it, just people's descriptions and scary armed factions. Therefore, the impact is naturally not large when watching it, but after watching it, whenever I think of the narrative in the film, there is an indescribable darkness that strikes.
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