shrinking time

Ray 2022-03-24 09:03:32

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"The Look of Silence", a story about the massacre of millions of communists by the Indonesian military government in 1965. After more than 40 years, I went to interview the "murderer" of that year. No one regrets it. I can't help but stop here, because the feelings and plots after watching the movie are silently entangled, making some things blurred and difficult to describe objectively. The movie is heavy, but I don't think anyone in it should be blamed -- blamed by the protagonist's solemn silence and contempt at the end, blamed, helpless and tearful eyes from time to time. I feel very pale, sad, and have a feeling that time is rotting, as if from the perspective of the film, this country is sealed in the cruel blood of the past, without blood, without hope, everything will soon grow old Like the mother of the protagonist, and like the father, in his 100s, he lost the ability to live, lost the memory of blood, shrank into a ball, scrambled and wept in the corner of his own house in horror, but still thought he was only 16 or 7 years old. .. I can't help but sadly wonder what kind of consciousness these two rotten old people have in their bodies to keep them alive, because maybe I will inevitably become one of them in the future...

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The Look of Silence quotes

  • 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.

  • Himself, former commander of a civilian militia: I'm not Rambo. I was Secretary General of the Komando Aksi.

    Himself, brother of murdered Ramli Rukun: Or is it so great a crime that you did not want to admit?

    Himself, former commander of a civilian militia: No, I do not think that's great.

    Himself, brother of murdered Ramli Rukun: But a million people died...

    Himself, former commander of a civilian militia: That's politics. Politics is the process of achieving your ideals.

    [laughing]

    Himself, former commander of a civilian militia: In many ways...