From Cinelinx:
There is no silence in this film. When tense confrontations come to a close, a grinding ambience of humming insects fills the void. Or, indeed a literal quiet does come, so the mind fills the space with the cries of the victims, who loom over Indonesia awaiting the miasma to fade and a confession to dissipate the plumes. Where, in The Act Of Killing you had to fight the fever dream to find the depths of the horror, The Look Of Silence positions you on the other side of the fumes.
From Cinelinx:
I had a most appreciated priviledge to screen The Look Of Silence, the follow up to 2012's groundbreaking The Act Of Killing, at this years South By Southwest. I was further pleasured to meet the director of both films, Joshua Oppenheimer, and talk to him about some of the formal aspects and differences between the two. What I gathered was an incredible insight, with the unusual requirement of patience and compassion.
