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On the Act of Looking: Reading Joshua Oppenheimer's Diptych: The Act of Killing and the Look of Silence (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781501347900)
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xThis collection analyzes Joshua Oppenheimer's diptych The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence as a cinematic event that invites interrelated questions on historical memory, truth and reconciliation, and the limits of documentary filmmaking.
On the Act of Looking affirms Oppenheimer's use of fiction and manipulation as a technique to expose, contrary to the classic documentary form, not so much a reality behind the appearance of things, but how appearance as such can become a site of intervention or truth-telling. Contributors to this collection, including film scholars, art historians, historians, political scientists, philosophers, and Indonesian human rights activists, answer why Oppenheimer's documentary films not only have received near universal praise and admiration, but also why this praise is often qualified by surprise and fascination.Author: Rex Butler
ISBN-10: 150134790X
ISBN-13: 9781501347900
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 02/19/2026
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.23lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d
By Rex Butler
xRex Butler is Professor of Art History in the Faculty of Art Design and Architecture at Monash University, Australia.
David Denny is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the University of Portland, USA. Previously, he was Associate Professor of Culture and Media Studies at Marylhurst University, USA.Recently Viewed Products
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