The Look of Silence
General Information
- Author/Creator
- Oppenheimer, Joshua, director.
- Language
- Indonesian.
- Subtitles
- Hungarian
- Published
- Denmark, 2014.
- Physical Description
- Blu-Ray (100 min.)
- Digital ver. identifier
- HU_OSA_00005660
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- The Look of Silence is a powerful companion to Joshua Oppenheimer’s debut feature The Act of Killing. Through Oppenheimer’s footage of perpetrators of the 1965 Indonesian genocide, a family of survivors discovers how their son was murdered, as well as the identities of the killers. The documentary focuses on the youngest son, an optometrist named Adi, who decides to break the suffocating spell of submission and terror by doing something unimaginable in a society where the murderers remain in power: he confronts the men who killed his brother and, while testing their eyesight, asks them to accept responsibility for their actions. This unprecedented film initiates and bears witness to the collapse of fifty years of silence.
Subjects
- Genre
- Documentary films
Bibliographic Information
- Note
- Film also on HDD Verzio11/12 located: M22 R17 S2 R4
- Library Special Collection
- Verzio Film Festival Submission
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Call Number | Status | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blu-Ray Disc | OSA Film Library | FL Record 3904 | Available | - | - |
| Digital film | OSA Film Library | FL Record 3904 (HU_OSA_00005660.mp4) | Available | Access Copy, MP4 format |