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Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: I always have said, you know it's not for me to forgive or to condemn, I'm a filmmaker.

I always have said, you know it's not for me to forgive or to condemn, I'm a filmmaker.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: I think Americans are aware that they are involved in all sorts of violence around the world. They normally don't want to look at that.

I think Americans are aware that they are involved in all sorts of violence around the world. They normally don't want to look at that.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: I am always a little surprised when anyone sees anything I make, so being nominated for the Oscar is beyond amazing - what a tremendous honor.

I am always a little surprised when anyone sees anything I make, so being nominated for the Oscar is beyond amazing - what a tremendous honor.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: I went looking for embodiments of pure evil, but found ordinary people.

I went looking for embodiments of pure evil, but found ordinary people.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: For my part, as a filmmaker, I've never been a fly-on-the-wall documentarian. I have no commitment to that method. I believe it's a lie.

For my part, as a filmmaker, I've never been a fly-on-the-wall documentarian. I have no commitment to that method. I believe it's a lie.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: My first memory of cinema is my mother taking me to see 'Silkwood,' which is about a whistleblower at a nuclear power plant.

My first memory of cinema is my mother taking me to see 'Silkwood,' which is about a whistleblower at a nuclear power plant.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: For a long time, the Indonesian government ignored 'The Act of Killing,' hoping it would go away.

For a long time, the Indonesian government ignored 'The Act of Killing,' hoping it would go away.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: Military rule in Indonesia formally ended in 1998, but the army remains above the law.

Military rule in Indonesia formally ended in 1998, but the army remains above the law.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: What makes art powerful is a flash of recognition, a frightening encounter with something familiar about the human condition.

What makes art powerful is a flash of recognition, a frightening encounter with something familiar about the human condition.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: I heard about the Holocaust before hearing the 'Cinderella' story or watching 'Peter Pan.'

I heard about the Holocaust before hearing the 'Cinderella' story or watching 'Peter Pan.'

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: No one forgets the presence of the camera, no matter how long it's there.

No one forgets the presence of the camera, no matter how long it's there.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: I don't drink in the cinema because I have a bladder the size of a hummingbird.

I don't drink in the cinema because I have a bladder the size of a hummingbird.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: To put it crudely, 'The Act of Killing' would blast open the space for the more delicate film, 'The Look of Silence,' to do its work.

To put it crudely, 'The Act of Killing' would blast open the space for the more delicate film, 'The Look of Silence,' to do its work.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: In Denmark, the annual Christmas party is probably the most important cultural institution in the country.

In Denmark, the annual Christmas party is probably the most important cultural institution in the country.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: From 2005 to 2010, I was exclusively shooting 'The Act of Killing' and then editing it.

From 2005 to 2010, I was exclusively shooting 'The Act of Killing' and then editing it.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: I don't like to eat when I watch films because it distracts me. Anything crunchy or in a wrapper is terrible.

I don't like to eat when I watch films because it distracts me. Anything crunchy or in a wrapper is terrible.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: There's a tradition of reenactment in documentary which is about sort of illustrating what the past might have been like.

There's a tradition of reenactment in documentary which is about sort of illustrating what the past might have been like.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: I had been working with a community of survivors who had lost their relatives and were too scared to talk about it.

I had been working with a community of survivors who had lost their relatives and were too scared to talk about it.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: I think that indignation is pleasurable, and it's pleasurable because it's self-righteous.

I think that indignation is pleasurable, and it's pleasurable because it's self-righteous.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: I believe every time you film anybody, you create reality with that person - whether it's fiction or nonfiction.

I believe every time you film anybody, you create reality with that person - whether it's fiction or nonfiction.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: All we can do is find the courage to stand still and to look backwards.

All we can do is find the courage to stand still and to look backwards.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: At our production company, the trademark dish - and this sounds particularly revolting - is curried pickled herring.

At our production company, the trademark dish - and this sounds particularly revolting - is curried pickled herring.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: I think that our task as filmmakers is to create the most insightful reality given the most pressing questions.

I think that our task as filmmakers is to create the most insightful reality given the most pressing questions.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: There are committed Indonesian filmmakers who are committed supporters of 'The Act Of Killing.'

There are committed Indonesian filmmakers who are committed supporters of 'The Act Of Killing.'

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: My background is in filmmaking, and my mentor is Dusan Makavejev, who combined fiction and documentary.

My background is in filmmaking, and my mentor is Dusan Makavejev, who combined fiction and documentary.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: The killers have built the society. The whole Indonesia is their platform. They run the country. They run the country.

The killers have built the society. The whole Indonesia is their platform. They run the country. They run the country.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: I have a British and an American passport.

I have a British and an American passport.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: I'm a big admirer of S21, and I really also like Rithy Panh's work in general.

I'm a big admirer of S21, and I really also like Rithy Panh's work in general.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: I don't think there's a morally perfect way to do anything in life, but I'm not a filmmaker who tries to hide my mess.

I don't think there's a morally perfect way to do anything in life, but I'm not a filmmaker who tries to hide my mess.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: 'The Act of Killing' helped catalyze this basic transformation in how the media talks about the past.

'The Act of Killing' helped catalyze this basic transformation in how the media talks about the past.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: Denial, panic, threats, anger - those are very human responses to feeling guilt.

Denial, panic, threats, anger - those are very human responses to feeling guilt.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: I really believe that the past is beyond our grasp and what is essential about the past is something unspeakable.

I really believe that the past is beyond our grasp and what is essential about the past is something unspeakable.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: Testimony always comes from people who are in some way disempowered.

Testimony always comes from people who are in some way disempowered.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: Waking from any fever dream, one retains, above all, impressions seared into memory.

Waking from any fever dream, one retains, above all, impressions seared into memory.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: Cinema is, of course, the great storytelling medium of modernity.

Cinema is, of course, the great storytelling medium of modernity.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: Performance is always oriented towards a spectator, towards an imagined audience and I was thinking who is their imagined audience?

Performance is always oriented towards a spectator, towards an imagined audience and I was thinking who is their imagined audience?

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: We have to support truth and reconciliation and some form of justice.

We have to support truth and reconciliation and some form of justice.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: I didn't really get any rigorous background in film history.

I didn't really get any rigorous background in film history.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: I'm against escapist entertainment.

I'm against escapist entertainment.

Joshua Oppenheimer quotes: A podium is something you walk up to, you say what you want to say and when you're finished, you leave.

A podium is something you walk up to, you say what you want to say and when you're finished, you leave.