Well, we've hit the final weekend of the 41st Seattle International Film Festival, which is rather like nearing the end of a marathon. You can see the finish line, but you know there's still ground to cover before it's over. Just to pass the time, here are a few more quick reviews from the festival, including a pleasant surprise and one of the best movies I've seen this year. Check it out.
It’s hard to talk about Joshua Oppenheimer’s last
documentary, The Act of Killing. I don’t know that I’ve ever
watched another movie with such slack jawed awe. Cameras follow former
Indonesian death squad soldiers responsible for the slaughter of thousands of
people as they reenact their crimes. It’s a surreal and haunting experience,
scarring and powerful, and now it has a companion piece in Oppenheimer’s follow
up The Look of Silence. The film made the rounds at the fall
festivals last year, and now it has a trailer for you to check out if you
missed it.
