Oscar marathon. Movie Twelve: "If they felt regret, we could forgive them" I am in deep shock after watching. It’s hard to even write about such a nightmare. We have all heard about the insane injustices done to the Jews, we have all heard about how African Americans were abused during and after slavery, we have all studied the October Revolution in Russia, but how many of us knew about what was happening in a seemingly paradise on the island? Bali in Indonesia? But a million people were brutally killed there in 1965-66, but all this is still not publicized, because the very people who are responsible for all this are still in power.
As the powerful themselves admit: Politics is the process of achieving their ideals. In different ways © They say it openly on camera. I'm just not used to this shocking frankness. Every mini-interview featured in this documentary made the hair on the head move.
The whole plot consists in the fact that one local optometrist, whose brother was brutally killed in the genocide, tries to unearth all the details. And this, oddly enough, he manages 100%, and in great detail. It's so disconcerting that it's at all. I understand that ideology, strong propaganda (children are taught from an early age that “communists are cruel, communists do not believe in God,” etc.) have done their job, but we are human beings, I do not understand how one can talk about killing people with such ecstasy, pride and sincere smiles on their faces. Most of the interviewees spoke with the hunt, without even trying to hide anything.
Of course, there were those who did not want to talk about this topic, but still said a lot in the end. These are mostly difficult people who have something to lose:
Do the families of the victims want the same thing to happen?
- No.
- Well, then adjust ©
To give credit to the protagonist who investigated his brother’s murder, he was not afraid to go and ask all his brother’s killers why they did it, even though he put himself in mortal danger. But apparently he was so outraged by the injustice that he decided to go to the last. This is heroic, I think, because it is easy to do this when all the victims are made saints. But he does so when victims are still seen as outlaws who were justly murdered.
These are bad people. They can be cut" ©
In general, democracy in this country was “put on track” by getting rid of all the communists who allegedly burned mosques, led a promiscuous sexual life. I have not heard any more arguments against the Communists. I’m sure Bush Jr. would never have missed this Oscar movie because he did the same thing in Iraq, but Obama is a Democrat, and thank God the whole world can see the horror of how one system breaks down and another is established.
“We did this because America instilled in us hatred for the Communists.”
This is how the people who did it all hide. In addition to America, there is also mention of God, who was allegedly against the Communists, as well as his government. The worst thing is that none of the killers feel responsible or even regret. What about the families of the victims when they are not even asked for forgiveness? Of course, they will curse the murderers and all their offspring.
Between interviews with the killers, who, by the way, live chorusically, show stunning nature, the children of the protagonist, kind and smiling islanders-centenarians, in particular, the father and mother of the main character. This is in contrast to what the film is about. And that makes it even scarier.
The most important metaphor of the film, in my opinion, is the moving larvae of butterflies that have yet to begin life. I immediately formed an association with the coffins, in which the victims of atrocities move and turn over in the same way. The horror is that the larvae, becoming butterflies, will stop moving, and these people will not find peace until all the killers repent of what they did.
Horrible film, stained with the blood of the victims that the killers drank. They literally killed and drank blood by pouring it into glasses.
“Fortunately I drank their blood, otherwise I would have gone mad.”
I want to make the review red, which would represent the blood of the victims, but then someone can pass this film, and I would not like that. I think we have the right to tell it, and we should have the respect and the courage to listen.
To be honest, Race to Extinction, which I’ve seen from the Best Documentary category before, is worthy of all the praise and awards, but I would give an Oscar to the creators of this film for the courage and suffering of each frame. Yes, I know Amy won, and I have yet to watch it and draw my conclusion, but so far I think so.
8.5 out of 10