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SUMMARY:Workshop: The Aesthetic Display of Perpetrators and Reenactments of Viol
ence in Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing (2012)
DESCRIPTION:\nThe workshop discusses an essay film that has made waves s
ince its release in 2012. The Act of Killing\, which could be addressed
as a reality-based horror movie\, traces the status quo of an ‘open secr
et’: the Indonesian mass killings in 1965/6—a forgotten genocide. The ci
nematographic experience provides insight into the twisted intrapsychic
dynamics of the perpetrators by focusing on their ‘post-atrocity perpetr
ator symptoms.’ Via detailed reenactments of violence\, the functioning
of their mechanisms of guilt denial\, lack of empathy\, boasting techniq
ues\, and persisting hubris becomes obvious. The individual defenses are
accompanied by a neglected national memory and the beginning of a proce
ss of working-through\, which was finally activated after the release of
the film.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/workshop
-aesthetic-display-of-perpetrators/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The workshop di
scusses an essay film that has made waves since its release in 2012. The Act of Killing, which could be addressed as a reality-based ho
rror movie, traces the status quo of an ‘open secret’: the Indonesian ma
ss killings in 1965/6—a forgotten genocide. The cinematographic experien
ce provides insight into the twisted intrapsychic dynamics of the perpet
rators by focusing on their ‘post-atrocity perpetrator symptoms.’ Via de
tailed reenactments of violence, the functioning of their mechanisms of
guilt denial, lack of empathy, boasting techniques, and persisting hubri
s becomes obvious. The individual defenses are accompanied by a neglecte
d national memory and the beginning of a process of working-through, whi
ch was finally activated after the release of the film.
For more d
etails: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/workshop-aesthetic
-display-of-perpetrators/
LOCATION:Dewey Room, (W043A), Collaboration Commons, Pattee Library
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