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Joshua Oppenheimer

Joshua Oppenheimer

Joshua Oppenheimer was born on September 23, 1974 in Texas, USA. He is a producer and director, known for The Act of Killing (2012), The Look of Silence (2014) and The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase (1998).

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Movies Made By Joshua Oppenheimer (18)

A Terrible Beauty (2024)

What makes a body human? This science-fiction fable shot in China foreshows the rise of AI. Time behaves fluidly as we travel into the near future in the company of an unusual pair: Blue and her friend, a mannequin named Lucy. ...

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2nd Chance (2022)

In 1969, bankrupt pizzeria owner Richard Davis invented the modern-day bulletproof vest. To prove that it worked, he shot himself — point-blank — 192 times. ...

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Songs of Repression (2021)

At the foot of the Andes Mountains in Chile lies an idyllic German colony called Villa Baviera. However, the beauty of the place – formerly known as Colonia Dignidad – hides a grim past. Systematic child-abuse, medical experiments, torture chambers and ...

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A Mother Brings Her Son to Be Shot (2017)

Five years in the making, this brave and level-headed documentary exposes paramilitary activity in present day Northern Ireland during a supposed time of peace. ...

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The Look of Silence (2014)

An Indonesian man with a communist background named Ramli was brutally murdered when the "Communist" purge occurred in 1965. His remaining family members lived in fear and silence until the making of this documentary. Adi, a brother of his, decided to revi ...

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The Act of Killing (2012)

In this chilling and groundbreaking documentary, former Indonesian death squad leaders reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of various film genres. As they recreate their past atrocities, the line between reality and performance blurs, exposi ...

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Postcard from Sun City, Arizona (2004)

Joshua Oppenheimer sets images of life in a retirement community in Arizona (as seen through television commercials) to a talk radio interview with a female convict extolling the benefits of her time on Sherriff Joe Arpaio's chain gang. It is two different ...

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Market Update (2003)

Joshua Oppenheimer reimagines a sixty-second stock market update as maniacal monologue by a mumbling madman giving a bizarre play-by-play of floor traders and urban pedestrians as the trading day comes to an end. Created while in the midst of production on ...

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A Brief History of Paradise as Told by the Cockroaches (2003)

They say that when the Earth is destroyed beyond habitation, the only survivors will be the cockroaches. Filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer gives the indomitable insects the floor in this perversely comic commentary on affluence and self-destruction. Leashed wit ...

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The Globalisation Tapes (2003)

Filmed by Indonesian workers during their working hours on rubber and palm oil plantations, this film exposes the devastating role of militarism and repression in building the "global economy." Through chilling first hand accounts, hilarious improvised int ...

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Muzak, A Tool of Management (2003)

Meditation on psychlogical warfare, shopping and paramilitary death squads. ...

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Land of Enchantment (2000)

For eighty cents an hour, prisoners in a New Mexico prison answer telephones for the state tourism hotline. Co-directed by Christine Cynn. ...

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The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase (1998)

A kaleidoscopic history of the American heartland, nuclear weapons and the Native American genocide. ...

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Hugh (1996)

Hugh is an elderly man keeping himself active in retirement. His hobbies include teaching children to play the piano, carpentry and driving into town to preach sermons on the evils of homosexuality. ...

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These Places We've Learned to Call Home (1996)

Experimental video and performance meditating on militias, American fundamentalism, and the opening of the American West. ...

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The Challenge of Manufacturing (1996)

Animals are killed and processed for fast food. A man is tarred and feathered. A collage of ordinary horrors on the way to the millennium. ...

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Camera Test (1995)

A group of flower arrangers practice their art in this second silent early short from Joshua Oppenheimer. ...

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Light Test (1995)

An early silent short by Joshua Oppenheimer in which a figure reflects light at the camera. ...

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Movies Starring Joshua Oppenheimer (4)

Werner Herzog: Radical Dreamer (2022)

With exclusive behind-the-scenes access into Herzog's everyday life, rare archive material and in-depth interviews with celebrated collaborators – including Christian Bale, Nicole Kidman, and Robert Pattinson, we are given an exciting glimpse into the wo ...

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Joshua Oppenheimer on Night and Fog (2016)

The Academy Award-winning director of the heavy documentary 'The Act of Killing' discusses his philosophies in documentary filmmaking, the horrors of 'Night and Fog,' and what makes it the impactful film that it is. ...

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The Look of Silence (2014)

An Indonesian man with a communist background named Ramli was brutally murdered when the "Communist" purge occurred in 1965. His remaining family members lived in fear and silence until the making of this documentary. Adi, a brother of his, decided to revi ...

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These Places We've Learned to Call Home (1996)

Experimental video and performance meditating on militias, American fundamentalism, and the opening of the American West. ...

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