{"product_id":"9781501347900","title":"On the Act of Looking : Reading Joshua Oppenheimer’s Diptych: The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eOn the Act of Looking\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of essays by film scholars, art historians, historians, political scientists, philosophers, Indonesian human rights activists and creative writers look at Joshua Oppenheimer's diptych \u003ci\u003eThe Act of Killing \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Look of Silence \u003c\/i\u003eas a cinematic event that opens up a host of interrelated questions on historical memory, truth and reconciliation, and the limits of documentary filmmaking. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing  a new interview with Joshua Oppenheimer himself, \u003ci\u003eOn the Act of Looking\u003c\/i\u003e affirms Oppenheimer's use of fiction and manipulation as a technique to expose, contrary to the classic documentary form, not so much a reality behind the appearance of things, but how appearance as such can become a site of intervention, or truth-telling. The collection answers, from multiple perspectives, why the film not only has received near universal praise and admiration but also why this praise is often qualified by surprise and fascination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781501347900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40814641938638,"sku":"9781501347900","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781501347900","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}