Joshua Oppenheimer
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Joshua Oppenheimer’s films include The End, The Act of Killing, and The Look of Silence.
Joined August 2012
Immensely grateful for @davidehrlich's penetrating look at THE END, the enshittification of culture, and the urgent need to acknowledge and mourn the awful consequences of sentimental storytelling. "Otherwise, our tears are just for show.".
Joshua Oppenheimer's The End is by far the best movie musical of 2024. i wrote a bit about how it's one of the only films this year that confronts why "the power of storytelling" can absolve us from our moral obligation to help people in the real world.
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THE END is nigh. @neonrated.
This is THE END. Official trailer for Joshua Oppenheimer’s post-apocalyptic musical starring Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, Moses Ingram, and Michael Shannon. Opens in select theaters 12.6.
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Impossible to express how moved and excited I am - and how grateful to the hundreds of beautiful souls who trusted me on this eight-year journey to the end of the world.
THE END. A film by Joshua Oppenheimer. Official Selection | Telluride Film Festival 2024. #TellurideFilmFestival
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THE END is now available to watch on digital!
“A striking vision that radicalizes the musical genre.” @JoshuaOppenheim's THE END, starring Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, George MacKay, and Moses Ingram, is now available to watch on Digital:
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Cannot wait to share THE END with the world. .
THE END is coming. Official teaser poster for Joshua Oppenheimer’s new cinematic experience. Starring Tilda Swinton, George MacKay, Moses Ingram, and Michael Shannon. Premiering tomorrow at #TellurideFilmFestival.
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This is essential and devastating: How ‘Jakarta’ Became the Codeword for US-Backed Mass Killing via @nybooks.
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Michael Shannon says, “George MacKay is not only the Son in The End. He’s the sun - we all orbit around him.” . There’s never been a more brilliant, precise, emotionally alive, prepared and kind actor than George….
"The hopefulness in so many musicals is the key to the ultimate subversion that happens in the film." . George MacKay on the score in @JoshuaOppenheim's musical at the end of the world. THE END opens in select theaters this Friday:
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Palu menjadi daerah terdepan dalam hal rekonsiliasi ketika pemerintah kota Palu secara resmi meminta maaf kepada korban kekerasan anti-komunis 1965-1966. #PaluKuat karena hanya yang kuat berani meminta maaf.
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Jakarta mayor jailed for blasphemy, engineered by thugs like those in @TheActofKilling & @lookofsilence.
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"The film’s complete lack of cynicism shines. It’s easier to digest 'Eat the Rich' satires, but while those are empty calories, in which audience laughter acts as absolution of responsibility, The End probes something deeper: evil in all man, then offering a path to redemption.".
Joshua Oppenheimer's 'The End' carries that rare sense of a lack of compromise—a fully realized world from a visionary director. Read our #TIFF24 review:
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Mikhail Krichman and I love how you intuitively understand our aesthetic choices around filming the songs!.
Trust Joshua Oppenheimer to make the world’s bleakest Hollywood musical. “The End” was pretty divisive at #TIFF24 but was right up my alley as a film prevented from exploding with euphoria by its characters’ deep-seated denial. Love how it plays with form.
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Deeply honored @TheActofKilling and @lookofsilence named fourth best film of the decade by @IndieWire.
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So happy to give #lavdiaz Gold Lion at #venezia73.honored to reward a luminous film & to serve on a wonderful jury!
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Here is the BBC's list of 100 greatest films of the 21st Century. Honored that The Act of Killing is at #14.
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THE END OPENS TODAY!.TONIGHT 12/6 in LA @ NuArtTheatre, 7pm, Michael Shannon and I will be there for a Q&A. SUN 12/8 in NY @ Alamo Drafthouse Brooklyn, 6pm, I’ll be there for a Q&A. Get tickets to the @nytimes Critic’s Pick here:.
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I am honored that @TheActofKilling Director's Cut will screen @idfa Amsterdam.Thu, 16/11/17, 13.15 @ Brakke Grond Expozaal.Mon, 20/11/17, 19.00 @ De Balie - Grote Zaal.One of 18 films chosen by leading filmmakers to celebrate the festival's 30th birthday.
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THE ACT OF KILLING is now (and foreover) available for free for all Indonesians at http://t.co/tYef4u7bLV!
http://t.co/8loMcJ7iPo.
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Thrilling to gain insight into my own work through truly great criticism. @davidehrlich’s penetrating analysis of THE END - and its place in our “enshittified” culture post election - is a masterclass.
Joshua Oppenheimer's The End is by far the best movie musical of 2024. i wrote a bit about how it's one of the only films this year that confronts why "the power of storytelling" can absolve us from our moral obligation to help people in the real world.
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Proud that @theactofkilling and @lookofsilence are listed here as 3rd best film of the millennium (so far).
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I’m glad you opened your heart and let the film in.
“How few breaths we might have left,” and yet we spend our time putting on a show. @JoshuaOppenheim’s THE END is the standout of #LFF for me ❤️
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Spontaneous thoughts on tragedy, social media, and cultural decline… Last night at @zurichfilmfest.@neonrated @DanishFilm @TheMatchFactory @mubi @mubiuk
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Anna Zamecka's doc masterpiece COMMUNION took my breath away, brought me to tears,left me contemplating mysteries of family. @EuroFilmAwards.
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Where is Adi Rukun when I need him? @Participant @lookofsilence @macfound @drafthousefilms @DanishFilm @indiewire
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The Act of Killing wins @bafta! I dedicated the prize to @Anonymous_TAoK
http://t.co/kDPhuRdlsW Thanks to the amazing @dogwoof & @signebyrge.
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Thank you, and those words on traces of fear and silence apply equally to.The End. 🩷.
“You have to find the traces of fear and silence that are visible, whether it’s in the furrow of someone’s brow or in the water as it flows down an aging torso.” . Happy 5️⃣0️⃣th Birthday to two-time @TheAcademy awards for Best Documentary Feature Film nominee, @JoshuaOppenheim! 🥳
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Creating those single-take ensemble songs was a thrilling challenge - and career highlight - for me, our DP Mikhail Krichman (a true poet), and the cast. Everything had to align - and miraculously it always did.
THE END star George MacKay on the fluidity of the camera that captured the musical numbers in the film. Get tickets to musical set at the end of the world:
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I was deeply moved by last night’s impactful NY preview screening of THE END — with Michael Shannon and @indiewire’s @davidehrlich. THE END arrives right on time, this Friday, 12/6 in NY & LA, around the country 12/13. Get tickets here:
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Michael Shannon and I are exorbitantly excited for this week's preview screenings. .
“A striking vision that radicalizes the musical genre.” . Don't miss in-person Q&As with THE END director @JoshuaOppenheim and star Michael Shannon during early screenings in Washington D.C., New York City, and Los Angeles:
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‘The prevailing feeling among people not in favor of Trump seems to be, “We’ll give him 4 years, he’ll destroy everything, & people will realize they made a mistake.” The problem is we don’t have 4 years to spare. We don’t even have a year. There’s no more time.’ -Michael Shannon.
Michael Shannon wasn't afraid to take on ‘The End,’ Joshua Oppenheimer's apocalyptic musical. “I wasn’t afraid of it. I love music. I frankly prefer music to film and television. So I was overjoyed.” .
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Uncut 160-min version of THE ACT OF KILLING now on @Vimeo
http://t.co/vgv7KtstR9
@drafthousefilms @FilmLinc @indiewire @macfound @DanielZiv.
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Kalau Anda berada di Indonesia, Anda bisa unduh film THE ACT OF KILLING/JAGAL dari http://t.co/tYef4u7bLV mulai 30. http://t.co/A9t56Yt15I.
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Tempting to divide people into good guys and bad, but every act of evil has been committed by human beings like us, so The End is about you & me: how we tell stories to justify our mistakes, how we make ourselves & our world through such stories – &what happens when they unravel.
There’s nothing conventional about “The End,” a mad, apocalyptic musical masterpiece that is wowing film festival crowds.
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So honored that @lookofsilence won @berlinale Peace award http://t.co/o4SeN0j5Bt
@Dogwoof @drafthousefilms @ICALondon @DanishFilm @macfound.
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With trepidation and delight, I release my 12 earliest shorts into the world. @BFI @ICALondon @British_Film.
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In @TheActofKilling Indonesia's VP courts Pemuda Pancasila's support. Here Indonesia's President is doing the same thing.
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Here is the acceptance speech for @lookofsilence we were unable to give at the Spirit awards. Still deeply honored!
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I just arrived in Wellington - and look what was sitting by the harbor. @nzff @MadmanFilms
http://t.co/6TZlPBd05C.
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Commander of Indonesian armed forces orders military to “restrict” any efforts to screen @lookofsilence! @hrw.
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Why Does A Leader Of The Indonesian Genocide Get To Play In So Many PGA Tour Pro-Ams? via @deadspin.
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"We wrote early drafts of the script – and all the songs – during Trump's first term. THE END is right at home in a Trump presidency." @neonrated .
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Brilliant short documentary from @lindsaycrouse at @nytimes: “Stop Pretending ‘This Is Not Who We Are’”
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Must read! A complete review of both Indonesian presidential candidates' human rights records: http://t.co/DLKOpMeGbO
@DanielZiv @OlgaLy_DIA.
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The Look of Silence is now on Netflix in the US! (And so is The Act of Killing Directors Cut.) @macfound @Participant @drafthousefilms.
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Deeply honoured that Martin Scorsese, just in from Taiwan, hosted Q&A after @lookofsilence @drafthousefilms @FilmLinc
http://t.co/z0QowpOJ7f.
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Michael Shannon will make a surprise appearance at tonight’s @AlamoNYC 6pm Q&A with me and @SiddhantAdlakha - there are still a few tickets left! .Get them here:
New York: come watch the sobering subterranean musical “The End” this Sunday 12/8 at @AlamoNYC Brooklyn at 6:00pm, followed by my Q&A with director Joshua Oppenheimer
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