SXSW 2013: ‘The Act of Killing’ is a surreal documentary on war criminals
The Act of Killing Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous, Christine Cynn Denmark/Norway/UK, 2013 The documentary film opens with a pertinent and incredibly insightful quote by Voltaire followed by a surreal dance sequence of killers in drag set against a waterfall. After 1965 where the military overtook the Indonesian government, a martial rule was in place …