The Act of Killing
Oppenheimer's documentary has Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their mass killings as movie scenes. Through guilt, memory, performance, and the banality of evil, it explores how perpetrators live with atrocity. The film examines the psychology of mass murder and self-deception.
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