The Act of Killing
2013 Documentary Not Rated 115 Minutes
In Theaters | July 19, 2013 | |||
On 4K UHD | Not Available | |||
On Blu-ray | Not Available | |||
On DVD | Not Available |
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When the Indonesian government was overthrown in 1965, small-time gangster Anwar Congo and his friends went from selling movie tickets on the black market to leading anti-communist death squads in the mass murder of over a million people. Anwar boasts of killing hundreds with his own hands, but he's lived in his country with impunity ever since. When approached to make a film about their role in the genocide, Anwar and his friends eagerly comply-but their idea of being in a movie is not to provide reflective testimony, but to dance their way through musical numbers, twist arms in film noir gangster scenes, and gallop across the prairies as yodeling cowboys. A cinematic fever dream, The Act of Killing presents a gripping conflict between moral imagination and moral catastrophe.
Not Rated.
Box office gross: $0.3 million. View box office history.
Released by Drafthouse Films. See more credits.