The Act of Killing is a film about genocide. And it is so surreal, and so disconcerting that one actually searches for reassurance that it’s okay to watch, okay to have watched. Deeply respected documentarians Errol Morris and Werner Herzog are credited as executive producers, one notes. The film has played established festivals. It’s been authorized. And yet its audience was desperate to exit the theater, and with good reason. This is a film about men who did unspeakable things, and who claim to be at peace with what they’ve done, though we aren’t sure we believe them. Perhaps it is fitting, then, that the film itself is so difficult to grapple with. Or maybe even saying that is an oversimplification: an attempt, in retrospect, to tidy things up with words.
I’m at loss about what to say. A half part of me is dying to watch this film, but the other half is not sure I can handle it.
"How much do you love me?” Midori asked.
“Enough to melt all the tigers in the world to butter,” I said."
- Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood (via vaniwin)
"Indeed, the great paradox of the writer’s life is how much time he spends alone trying to connect with other people."
- Betsy Lerner, The Forest for the Trees (via dlanadhz)
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"Certainly there are times in all of our lives when bad things happen, or things don’t turn out as we had hoped. But that’s when we must make a decision that we’re going to be happy in spite of our circumstances."
- Joel Osteen, Your Best Life Now (via simply-quotes)
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