The act of killing
By: a film by Joshua Oppenheimer ; produced by Final Cut for Real ApS ; directed by Joshua Oppenheimer ; produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen ; executive producers, Errol Morris, Werner Herzog, André Singer, Joram ten Brink, Torstein Grude, Bjarte Mørner Tveit
Contributors: Anif, Haji; Arifin, Sjamsul; Asmara, Sakhyan; Final Cut for Real (Firm); Drafthouse Films; Cinedigm (Firm)
Edition: Director's cut and theatrical cut, Widescreen.
Series: Cinedigm -- no. 14; Cinedigm -- no. 14.
Published: 2014
Language: ind
Format: [videorecording] /
Subjects: Pemuda Pancasila (Organization); Death squads; Atrocities; Extrajudicial assassination; History
Description: The act of killing is an examination of the murder of political dissidents in Indonesia by government sponsored death squads in the years following the military coup in 1965. The filmmakers were successful in persuading some of those responsible to re-enact the killings for the camera in the fashion of American movies.
Notes: Documentary motion picture.

Title from title frame.

DVD release of the 2012 motion picture.

Special features: 45 min. interview with Oppenheimer on Democracy now!; Audio commentary with executive producer Werner Herzog and director Joshua Oppenheimer; Vice presents: Werner Herzog and Errol Morris on The act of killing; Deleted scenes; Trailers.

Featuring Haji Anif, Syamsul Arifin, Sakhyan Asmara.

DVD; NTSC, Region 1; widescreen presentation, 1.85:1 aspect ratio; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Dialog in Indonesian with English subtitles; credits in English.
Table of contents: title: disc 1. Director's cut (166 min.); title: disc 2. Theatrical version (122 min.)