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What Comes After the Apocalypse? A Q&A With Joshua Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer’s latest film, The End, is a Golden Age, postapocalyptic musical crying out from the depths of the earth.
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He made documentaries about mass murder — and then a Tilda Swinton musical
Nearly a decade ago, Joshua Oppenheimer ... wall documentary about life in isolation but, in the meantime, decided to imagine what such a life might look like. After “The Act of Killing ...
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With ‘The End,’ Joshua Oppenheimer and Michael Shannon Wanted to Prove ‘Unraveling Lies’ Is a Lot Easier When You’re Singing
For filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer ... End” as a documentary, he probably would have. In a recent interview with IndieWire, he said he intended to follow 2012’s “The Act of Killing” and ...
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With ‘The End,’ Joshua Oppenheimer and Michael Shannon Wanted to Prove ‘Unraveling Lies’ Is a Lot Easier When You’re Singing
Moving from documentary to the ... present in “The Act of Killing” and “The Look of Silence” can also be found in “The End.” But as Oppenheimer explains it, the tie uniting all three ...
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Review: It’s ‘The End’ but deep underground, a sheltered family keeps on singing in denial
Joshua Oppenheimer, director of the Oscar-nominated documentary ‘The Act of Killing,’ discusses the making and aftermath of the film. Feb. 18, 2014 Given that our setting is the end of the ...
He made documentaries about mass murder — and then a Tilda Swinton musical
The Act of Killing” director Joshua Oppenheimer reveals what drove him to infuse a postapocalyptic tale with song and dance ...
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From 'The Act of Killing' to 'The End': A Conversation with Joshua Oppenheimer
This article explores the reasons behind director Joshua Oppenheimer's unusual leap from acclaimed documentary filmmaking to creating a musical, The End. It delves into the themes of false hope and ...