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* HarsherInHindsight: Shown by accident in glorious real time. When Anwar and his gang stage an on-camera reenactment of their murder spree with the filmmakers' help, one of the extras portraying their victims start to break down crying a little ''too'' convincingly. They start to scold him for ruining the shoot... only for him to reveal that one of his family members was indeed killed in the real purge. Oops.

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* HarsherInHindsight: Shown by accident in glorious real time. When Anwar and his gang stage an on-camera reenactment of their murder spree with the filmmakers' help, one of the extras portraying their victims start to break down crying a little ''too'' convincingly. They start to scold him for ruining the shoot... only for him to reveal that one of his family members was indeed killed in the real purge. Oops.

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* NightmareFuel: Particularly the fantasy sequences, but really the film as a whole. Looking into the souls of these murderers is probably one of the most disturbing cinema experiences available.

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Particularly the fantasy sequences, but really the film as a whole. Looking into the souls of these murderers is probably one of the most disturbing cinema experiences available.



* RefugeInAudacity: A meta example. Oppenheimer and his crew initially approached the aging death squad members with caution, but after they started landing interviews with several high-ranking government officials with right-wing paramilitary ties, the hitmen mistook it as an endorsement from their "bosses" and started to cheerfully open up about their past crimes in loving details.
** Now that the movie is out, the ruse is up, and Oppenheimer has mentioned in interviews that bringing a spotlight onto a group of mass murderers with such extensive criminal ties means that he probably won't be able to return to Indonesia safely for a long time. Most of the local crewmembers are uncredited for the same reason.
* SignatureScene: Either the opening scene showing the filming of the musical sequence, or the climactic scene of Anwar's VillainousBreakdown where he starts crying and dry heaving.

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* RefugeInAudacity: A meta example. Oppenheimer and his crew initially approached the aging death squad members with caution, but after they started landing interviews with several high-ranking government officials with right-wing paramilitary ties, the hitmen mistook it as an endorsement from their "bosses" and started to cheerfully open up about their past crimes in loving details.
** Now that the movie is out, the ruse is up, and Oppenheimer has mentioned in interviews that bringing a spotlight onto a group of mass murderers with such extensive criminal ties means that he probably won't be able to return to Indonesia safely for a long time. Most of the local crewmembers are uncredited for the same reason.
* SignatureScene: Either the opening scene showing the filming of the musical sequence, or the climactic scene of Anwar's VillainousBreakdown where he starts crying and dry heaving.heaving.

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** Now that the movie is out, the ruse is up, and Oppenheimer has mentioned in interviews that bringing a spotlight onto a group of mass murderers with such extensive criminal ties means that he probably won't be able to return to Indonesia safely for a long time. Most of the local crewmembers are uncredited for the same reason.

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** Now that the movie is out, the ruse is up, and Oppenheimer has mentioned in interviews that bringing a spotlight onto a group of mass murderers with such extensive criminal ties means that he probably won't be able to return to Indonesia safely for a long time. Most of the local crewmembers are uncredited for the same reason.reason.
* SignatureScene: Either the opening scene showing the filming of the musical sequence, or the climactic scene of Anwar's VillainousBreakdown where he starts crying and dry heaving.
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* HarsherInHindsight: Shown by accident in glorious real time. When Anwar and his gang stage an on-camera reenactment of their murder spree with the filmmakers' help, one of the extras portraying their victims start to break down crying a little ''too'' convincingly. They start to scold him for ruining the shoot... only for him to reveal that one of his family members was indeed killed in the real purge. Oops.
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** Now that the movie is out, the ruse is up, and Oppenheimer has mentioned in interviews that bringing a spotlight onto a group of mass murderers with such extensive criminal ties means that he probably won't be able to return to Indonesia safely for a long time.

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** Now that the movie is out, the ruse is up, and Oppenheimer has mentioned in interviews that bringing a spotlight onto a group of mass murderers with such extensive criminal ties means that he probably won't be able to return to Indonesia safely for a long time. Most of the local crewmembers are uncredited for the same reason.
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* RefugeInAudacity: A meta example. Oppenheimer and his crew initially approached the aging death squad members with caution, but after they started landing interviews with several high-ranking government officials with right-wing paramilitary ties, the hitmen mistook it as an endorsement from their "bosses" and started to cheerfully open up about their past crimes in loving details.

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* RefugeInAudacity: A meta example. Oppenheimer and his crew initially approached the aging death squad members with caution, but after they started landing interviews with several high-ranking government officials with right-wing paramilitary ties, the hitmen mistook it as an endorsement from their "bosses" and started to cheerfully open up about their past crimes in loving details.details.
** Now that the movie is out, the ruse is up, and Oppenheimer has mentioned in interviews that bringing a spotlight onto a group of mass murderers with such extensive criminal ties means that he probably won't be able to return to Indonesia safely for a long time.
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** Anwar dry-heaving repeatedly towards the end of the film as [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he realises the scale of what he has done]]. Doubles as NauseaFuel.

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** Anwar dry-heaving repeatedly towards the end of the film as [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he realises the scale of what he has done]]. Doubles as NauseaFuel.NauseaFuel.
* RefugeInAudacity: A meta example. Oppenheimer and his crew initially approached the aging death squad members with caution, but after they started landing interviews with several high-ranking government officials with right-wing paramilitary ties, the hitmen mistook it as an endorsement from their "bosses" and started to cheerfully open up about their past crimes in loving details.
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* NightmareFuel: Particularly the fantasy sequences, but really the film as a whole. Looking into the souls of these murderers is probably one of the most disturbing cinema experiences available.

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* NightmareFuel: Particularly the fantasy sequences, but really the film as a whole. Looking into the souls of these murderers is probably one of the most disturbing cinema experiences available.available.
** Anwar dry-heaving repeatedly towards the end of the film as [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he realises the scale of what he has done]]. Doubles as NauseaFuel.
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* NightmareFuel: Particularly the fantasy sequences, but really the film as a whole. Looking into the souls of these murderers is probably one of the most disturbing cinema experiences available.

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