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The Look of Silence delivers a less shocking -- yet just as terribly compelling -- companion piece to Joshua Oppenheimer's The Act of Killing.
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Every scene weighs on the audience. But Oppenheimer and Adi manage to locate a lightness as well that lessens the burden. Jan 21, 2016 | Full Review…
Every scene weighs on the audience. But Oppenheimer and Adi manage to locate a lightness as well that lessens the burden.
Lenika Cruz
Oppenheimer's follow-up, The Look of Silence, is more lucid but less interesting. Dec 1, 2015 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
Oppenheimer's follow-up, The Look of Silence, is more lucid but less interesting.
Jake Wilson
"The Look of Silence" is so disturbing because so few people in it seem disturbed. Aug 28, 2015 | Rating: A | Full Review…
"The Look of Silence" is so disturbing because so few people in it seem disturbed.
Tom Long
A reminder that the architects of a massive tragedy remain present and unrepentant, the personification of the evil men do and a warning that it could happen again. Aug 27, 2015 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
A reminder that the architects of a massive tragedy remain present and unrepentant, the personification of the evil men do and a warning that it could happen again.
Bill Goodykoontz
Killing focused on the surreal reenactment of mass genocide by its elderly perpetrators. Silence makes it personal. Aug 20, 2015 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Killing focused on the surreal reenactment of mass genocide by its elderly perpetrators. Silence makes it personal.
Scott Marks
The Look of Silence couldn't possibly equal its predecessor, but it's still a wrenching and unforgettable experience. Aug 13, 2015 | Full Review…
The Look of Silence couldn't possibly equal its predecessor, but it's still a wrenching and unforgettable experience.
J. R. Jones
Joshua Oppenheimer's companion piece to The Act of Killing, his astonishing portrait of Indonesia's genocide, is a rare cinematic feat: a personal film that frames a horrific inquiry with a transcendent beauty. Aug 7, 2019 | Full Review…
Joshua Oppenheimer's companion piece to The Act of Killing, his astonishing portrait of Indonesia's genocide, is a rare cinematic feat: a personal film that frames a horrific inquiry with a transcendent beauty.
Brian D. Johnson
A documentary duo unlike any other, The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence are filmmaking as activism and cinema as history. Jul 30, 2019 | Rating: A+ | Full Review…
A documentary duo unlike any other, The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence are filmmaking as activism and cinema as history.
Ryan Syrek
The Look of Silence definitely packs a lot of power, but it feels more supplementary to Oppenheimer's brilliant first film. Jun 14, 2019 | Full Review…
The Look of Silence definitely packs a lot of power, but it feels more supplementary to Oppenheimer's brilliant first film.
C.J. Prince
A harrowing and humanitarian work, the culmination of Oppenheimer's ten-year effort to let the truth out deserves every superlative that can be thrown at it. May 16, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
A harrowing and humanitarian work, the culmination of Oppenheimer's ten-year effort to let the truth out deserves every superlative that can be thrown at it.
Nick Evan-Cook
The Look of Silence doesn't push the documentary form like The Act of Killing, but it's just as emotionally devastating and even more beautifully shot and edited, with a keen awareness of the effects of eerie silences and ghostly compositions. Apr 19, 2019 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
The Look of Silence doesn't push the documentary form like The Act of Killing, but it's just as emotionally devastating and even more beautifully shot and edited, with a keen awareness of the effects of eerie silences and ghostly compositions.
Daniel Barnes
Judging from the reactions of the murderers The Look of Silence captures, this may be a conversation that could go on for decades. Heaven knows where they'll end up, but at least through this film and Adi's mission the victims have a voice. Mar 7, 2019 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…
Judging from the reactions of the murderers The Look of Silence captures, this may be a conversation that could go on for decades. Heaven knows where they'll end up, but at least through this film and Adi's mission the victims have a voice.
Bernard Boo
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