Drafthouse Films to Distribute The Act of Killing
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Posted October 31, 2012 06:14 PM by Webmaster
Drafthouse Films, the film distribution arm of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, announced today that it has acquired the U.S. distribution rights for Joshua Oppenheimer's documentary film The Act of Killing, which created quite a buzz amongst audiences at this year's Toronto and Telluride International Film Festivals. The Act of Killing was produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen for Danish production company Final Cut for Real.
Official synopsis: In a country where killers are celebrated as heroes, the filmmakers challenge unrepentant death squad leaders to dramatize their role in genocide. The hallucinatory result is a cinematic fever dream, an unsettling journey deep into the imaginations of mass-murderers and the shockingly banal regime of corruption and impunity they inhabit.
Official synopsis: In a country where killers are celebrated as heroes, the filmmakers challenge unrepentant death squad leaders to dramatize their role in genocide. The hallucinatory result is a cinematic fever dream, an unsettling journey deep into the imaginations of mass-murderers and the shockingly banal regime of corruption and impunity they inhabit.