Fresh
While not as mind-blowing or surprising as "Killing," "The Look of Silence" is perhaps the more necessary film.
Erik McClanahan, Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Look of Silence
2014 · 1h 40m · PG-13
Documentary, History
Directed by
Joshua Oppenheimer
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The Look of Silence
Overview
An Indonesian man with a communist background named Ramli was brutally murdered when the "Communist" purge occurred in 1965. His remaining family members lived in fear and silence until the making of this documentary. Adi, a brother of his, decided to revisit the horrific incident and visited the men who were responsible for the killings and one survivor of the purge. These meetings uncovered sadistic details of the murders and exposed raw emotions and reactions of the killers' family members about what happened in the past - much to Adi's disappointment.
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Rotten
Feels more like an extended DVD extra to Oppenheimer's genre-defying previous film than a stand-alone documentary.
Alonso Duralde, TheWrap
Fresh
Oppenheimer throws into sharp relief the contrast between Adi and the murderers' perspectives, and thus the terrifying tension that engulfs the country as a whole.
Nick Schager, Village Voice
Fresh
What a combination of misery and uplift this movie is.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
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