The Banality of Ghosts. Searching for Humanness with Joshua Oppenheimer in THE ACT OF KILLING The Banality of Ghosts
In The Act of Killing, (Joshua Oppenheimer, ID, DK 2012), Joshua Oppenheimer searches for humanness by assessing the rituals, routines and grammar of former perpetrators who played a role during the 1965/6 genocide in Medan, Indonesia. This article puts The Act of Killing in the context of Oppenheim...
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| Format: | Elektronički Poglavlje knjige |
| Jezik: | engleski |
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Schüren Verlag
2018
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| Serija: | Journal for Religion, Film and Media
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| Online pristup: | DOAB: download the publication DOAB: description of the publication |
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| Sažetak: | In The Act of Killing, (Joshua Oppenheimer, ID, DK 2012), Joshua Oppenheimer searches for humanness by assessing the rituals, routines and grammar of former perpetrators who played a role during the 1965/6 genocide in Medan, Indonesia. This article puts The Act of Killing in the context of Oppenheimer's writings on film and violence and explores how this film negotiates humanness by working with a missionary paradigm of expressive guilt that not only serves the director, but also a critical audience with a happy ending. |
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| Opis fizičkog objekta: | 1 electronic resource (15-34 p.) |
| ISBN: | 05.4:2018.1.1 |
| Pristup: | Open Access |