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Yeah that was a really great doc. The scene that really stuck with me is the guy that whose "step-father" (probably real father) had been killed in the purges participating in their reenactments. When he was playing a torture victim he was so convincing that I thought he must either be the most talented amateur actor in Indonesia, or he's channeling the horrible memories of the actual events.But anyways, this documentary is highly recommended. It's truly amazing and a great example of just how powerful movies/documentaries can be. Oppenheimer can no longer return to Indonesia btw, for fear of his life.
Are you sure Oppenheimer cannot return to Indonesia? He's since made a follow up to The Act of Killing called The Look of Silence, this time focusing on a relative of victims of the massacres.
You haven't seen Universal's Frankenstein released in 1931 starring Boris Karloff as the monster? Honestly as someone who knows the original story well that movie might not do anything for you. It's pretty different. For me it's THE all time horror classic though.I'm sure I've seen one or two film adaptations but I really don't recall anything about them, maybe I'll investigate.
Yeah the Venoms had not actually met each other in the story at that point right? So that demonstration could only be in the imagination.One of the things I really like about Five Deadly Venoms is that opening scene where the various venoms are introduced. It's so stylized and cool, as if the old master is telling the tale and what we see is the young pupils imagination of what he is being told.
I actually liked it more than Five Deadly Venoms.Ah man, Crippled Avengers. What the fuck was that movie? It was one of those films where you asked yourself, "Seriously, this actually exists"!?
Oh yeah I remember. That was pretty silly. Some of these movies tend to blend together for me. The first One Armed Boxer is the one with the tournament featuring all the various nationalities right? The evil Japanese, the Muay Thais, and my personal favorite the "Indian Yoga master" with the stretchy arms. The movie was pretty good. I thought the immediate follow up was way better.As long as we're name-dropping Kung Fu movies with Muay Thai in them, One Armed Boxer feutured a duo. Whom hilariously enough did a spastic version of the wai khru ram muay before every fight, accompanied by traditional music, of course.
More of a Dracula guy?If you watch it and end up enjoying it, feel free to add me to your enemy list.