The Look of Silence

This is billed as a companion piece to "The Act of Killing", which I found to be a tremendously affecting and emotional story. Part of why "Killing" worked so well was the immediacy of it's subject - every moment of the films served to tell his story and to watch his transformation unfold. However, here in "Silence", I found the subjects too diffuse and hard to connect with. There were powerful moments, but for most of the film I kept tuning out. This was a good idea but done wrong in practice, which is a real shame to me. 2/5


The Look of Silence on Netflix