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[td]The film was intended to be titled ''Arsan and Amina'', based on the love storyline. However, in Indonesia the film was instead shown under the title ''Jagal - Butcher''. Congo, calling the film "true", expressed complaints to Oppenheimer for the title not being agreed upon.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 October 2012 |title=Anwar Congo Protes Film 'The Act of Killing' |url=https://www.tempo.co/politik/anwar-congo-protes-film-the-act-of-killing-nbsp--1654747 |access-date=2025-08-27 |website=Tempo |language=id}}</ref> Anwar considered calling himself a "butcher" a "cruel deception."<ref name=":1" /> Oppenheimer denied that he had deceived anyone, stating everything he did was with Anwar's knowledge and permission.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Joshua Oppenheimer : Saya Tidak Pernah Menipu Siapapun |url=http://www.gatra.com/kolom-wawancara/18796-joshua-oppenheimer-saya-tidak-pernah-menipu-siapapun.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2016090...heimer-saya-tidak-pernah-menipu-siapapun.html |archive-date=2016-09-07 |access-date=2025-08-27 |work=Gatranews |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016-05-20 |title="Joshua Oppenheimer: Saya Tidak Pernah Menipu Siapapun" |url=https://www.gatra.net/ |access-date=2025-08-16 |language=id}}</ref>{{Dead link|date=August 2025}}[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Congo admitted to feeling deceived by [[Joshua Oppenheimer]], the director of ''The Act of Killing'', stating he was initially told the documentary's title was ''Arsan and Aminah''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kustiani |first=Rini |date=2012-10-01 |title=Anwar Congo Protes Film 'The Act of Killing' |url=https://nasional.tempo.co/read/432996/anwar-congo-protes-film-the-act-of-killing |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241001...96/anwar-congo-protes-film-the-act-of-killing |archive-date=2024-10-01 |access-date=2025-08-16 |work=Tempo |language=id-ID}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anwar Kongo: An overnight celebrity from βThe Act of Killingβ |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/...o-an-overnight-celebrity-the-act-killing.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2013022...o-an-overnight-celebrity-the-act-killing.html |archive-date=2013-02-20 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=www.thejakartapost.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Oppenheimer himself said that he was close to Anwar, and had a Skype conversation before the film was released in Indonesia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-24 |title=Build my gallows high: Joshua Oppenheimer on The Act of Killing |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...y-gallows-high-joshua-oppenheimer-act-killing |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref> In addition, a petition also appeared on change.org to arrest Congo, but National Police Chief Sutarman stated that the case had expired.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |date=2014-03-07 |title=Kapolri: Pembantaian 1965 oleh Anwar Congo sudah kedaluwarsa |url=https://www.merdeka.com/peristiwa/kapolri-pembantaian-1965-oleh-anwar-congo-sudah-kedaluwarsa.html |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=merdeka.com |language=id}}</ref>[/td]
[td]Congo admitted to feeling deceived by [[Joshua Oppenheimer]], the director of ''The Act of Killing'', stating he was initially told the documentary's title was ''Arsan and Aminah''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kustiani |first=Rini |date=2012-10-01 |title=Anwar Congo Protes Film 'The Act of Killing' |url=https://nasional.tempo.co/read/432996/anwar-congo-protes-film-the-act-of-killing |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241001...96/anwar-congo-protes-film-the-act-of-killing |archive-date=2024-10-01 |access-date=2025-08-16 |work=Tempo |language=id-ID}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anwar Kongo: An overnight celebrity from βThe Act of Killingβ |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/...o-an-overnight-celebrity-the-act-killing.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2013022...o-an-overnight-celebrity-the-act-killing.html |archive-date=2013-02-20 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=www.thejakartapost.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Oppenheimer himself said that he was close to Anwar, and had a Skype conversation before the film was released in Indonesia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-24 |title=Build my gallows high: Joshua Oppenheimer on The Act of Killing |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...y-gallows-high-joshua-oppenheimer-act-killing |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Foreign observers have noted not only the extreme brutality but also the "astonishing narcissism of these bandits",<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-07-25 |title=βThe Act of Killingβ relives a murderous era in Indonesia |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goin...249a5e-f3b9-11e2-9434-60440856fadf_story.html |access-date=2025-08-27 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> as well as their high popularity in Indonesia. One of Congo's "many admirers" is former Indonesian Vice President [[Jusuf Kalla]], who also participated in the anti-communist campaign of the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-07-28 |title=Indonesian Killers Shamed at Last |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/indon...tice-50-years-too-late-in-the-act-of-killing/ |access-date=2025-08-27 |website=The Daily Beast |language=en}}</ref>[/td]
[td]Foreign observers have noted not only the extreme brutality but also the "astonishing narcissism of these bandits",<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-07-25 |title=βThe Act of Killingβ relives a murderous era in Indonesia |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goin...249a5e-f3b9-11e2-9434-60440856fadf_story.html |access-date=2025-08-27 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> as well as their high popularity in Indonesia. One of Congo's "many admirers" is former Indonesian Vice President [[Jusuf Kalla]], who also participated in the anti-communist campaign of the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-07-28 |title=Indonesian Killers Shamed at Last |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/indon...tice-50-years-too-late-in-the-act-of-killing/ |access-date=2025-08-27 |website=The Daily Beast |language=en}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]After the film was shown, [[Yogyakarta]] resident Bramantjo Prijosusilo initiated a petition demanding that Congo be held accountable for the murders. In March 2014, Indonesian Police Chief General Haji Sutarman rejected the petition on the grounds that the events had taken place too long ago.<ref name=":9" /> Pancasila Youth Chairman Djapto Surjosumarno effectively expressed solidarity with Congo, considering his actions a harsh response to communist violence. At the same time, he noted that the role in ''The Act of Killing'' and the subsequent conflict with the director is a private matter for Congo, and not for PP as a whole. Until the end of his life, Congo remained a high authority for radical anti-communists in Indonesia, especially in the Pancasila Youth. He participated in public events and was described as a public figure.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tyler |first=Kieron |date=2013-12-09 |title=DVD: The Act of Killing |url=https://theartsdesk.com/film/dvd-act-killing |access-date=2025-08-27 |website=theartsdesk.com |language=en}}</ref> He regularly communicated with the major right-wing radical politician Djapto Surjosumarno, the chairman of the Pancasila Youth, and leader of the Patriot Party.[/td]
[td]After the film was shown, [[Yogyakarta]] resident Bramantjo Prijosusilo initiated a petition demanding that Congo be held accountable for the murders. In March 2014, Indonesian Police Chief General Haji Sutarman rejected the petition on the grounds that the events had taken place too long ago.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |date=2014-03-07 |title=Kapolri: Pembantaian 1965 oleh Anwar Congo sudah kedaluwarsa |url=https://www.merdeka.com/peristiwa/kapolri-pembantaian-1965-oleh-anwar-congo-sudah-kedaluwarsa.html |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=merdeka.com |language=id}}</ref> Pancasila Youth Chairman Djapto Surjosumarno effectively expressed solidarity with Congo, considering his actions a harsh response to communist violence. At the same time, he noted that the role in ''The Act of Killing'' and the subsequent conflict with the director is a private matter for Congo, and not for PP as a whole. Until the end of his life, Congo remained a high authority for radical anti-communists in Indonesia, especially in the Pancasila Youth. He participated in public events and was described as a public figure.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tyler |first=Kieron |date=2013-12-09 |title=DVD: The Act of Killing |url=https://theartsdesk.com/film/dvd-act-killing |access-date=2025-08-27 |website=theartsdesk.com |language=en}}</ref> He regularly communicated with the major right-wing radical politician Djapto Surjosumarno, the chairman of the Pancasila Youth, and leader of the Patriot Party.[/td] [td][/td]
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[td]The film was intended to be titled ''Arsan and Amina'', based on the love storyline. However, in Indonesia the film was instead shown under the title ''Jagal - Butcher''. Congo, calling the film "true", expressed complaints to Oppenheimer for the title not being agreed upon.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 October 2012 |title=Anwar Congo Protes Film 'The Act of Killing' |url=https://www.tempo.co/politik/anwar-congo-protes-film-the-act-of-killing-nbsp--1654747 |access-date=2025-08-27 |website=Tempo |language=id}}</ref> Anwar considered calling himself a "butcher" a "cruel deception."<ref name=":1" /> Oppenheimer denied that he had deceived anyone, stating everything he did was with Anwar's knowledge and permission.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Joshua Oppenheimer : Saya Tidak Pernah Menipu Siapapun |url=http://www.gatra.com/kolom-wawancara/18796-joshua-oppenheimer-saya-tidak-pernah-menipu-siapapun.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2016090...heimer-saya-tidak-pernah-menipu-siapapun.html |archive-date=2016-09-07 |access-date=2025-08-27 |work=Gatranews |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016-05-20 |title="Joshua Oppenheimer: Saya Tidak Pernah Menipu Siapapun" |url=https://www.gatra.net/ |access-date=2025-08-16 |language=id}}</ref>{{Dead link|date=August 2025}}[/td]Revision as of 09:13, 30 August 2025
[/td][td]The film was intended to be titled ''Arsan and Amina'', based on the love storyline. However, in Indonesia the film was instead shown under the title ''Jagal - Butcher''. Congo, calling the film "true", expressed complaints to Oppenheimer for the title not being agreed upon.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 October 2012 |title=Anwar Congo Protes Film 'The Act of Killing' |url=https://www.tempo.co/politik/anwar-congo-protes-film-the-act-of-killing-nbsp--1654747 |access-date=2025-08-27 |website=Tempo |language=id}}</ref> Anwar considered calling himself a "butcher" a "cruel deception."<ref name=":1" /> Oppenheimer denied that he had deceived anyone, stating everything he did was with Anwar's knowledge and permission.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Joshua Oppenheimer : Saya Tidak Pernah Menipu Siapapun |url=http://www.gatra.com/kolom-wawancara/18796-joshua-oppenheimer-saya-tidak-pernah-menipu-siapapun.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2016090...heimer-saya-tidak-pernah-menipu-siapapun.html |archive-date=2016-09-07 |access-date=2025-08-27 |work=Gatranews |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2016-05-20 |title="Joshua Oppenheimer: Saya Tidak Pernah Menipu Siapapun" |url=https://www.gatra.net/ |access-date=2025-08-16 |language=id}}</ref>{{Dead link|date=August 2025}}[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Congo admitted to feeling deceived by [[Joshua Oppenheimer]], the director of ''The Act of Killing'', stating he was initially told the documentary's title was ''Arsan and Aminah''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kustiani |first=Rini |date=2012-10-01 |title=Anwar Congo Protes Film 'The Act of Killing' |url=https://nasional.tempo.co/read/432996/anwar-congo-protes-film-the-act-of-killing |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241001...96/anwar-congo-protes-film-the-act-of-killing |archive-date=2024-10-01 |access-date=2025-08-16 |work=Tempo |language=id-ID}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anwar Kongo: An overnight celebrity from βThe Act of Killingβ |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/...o-an-overnight-celebrity-the-act-killing.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2013022...o-an-overnight-celebrity-the-act-killing.html |archive-date=2013-02-20 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=www.thejakartapost.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Oppenheimer himself said that he was close to Anwar, and had a Skype conversation before the film was released in Indonesia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-24 |title=Build my gallows high: Joshua Oppenheimer on The Act of Killing |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...y-gallows-high-joshua-oppenheimer-act-killing |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref> In addition, a petition also appeared on change.org to arrest Congo, but National Police Chief Sutarman stated that the case had expired.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |date=2014-03-07 |title=Kapolri: Pembantaian 1965 oleh Anwar Congo sudah kedaluwarsa |url=https://www.merdeka.com/peristiwa/kapolri-pembantaian-1965-oleh-anwar-congo-sudah-kedaluwarsa.html |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=merdeka.com |language=id}}</ref>[/td]
[td]Congo admitted to feeling deceived by [[Joshua Oppenheimer]], the director of ''The Act of Killing'', stating he was initially told the documentary's title was ''Arsan and Aminah''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kustiani |first=Rini |date=2012-10-01 |title=Anwar Congo Protes Film 'The Act of Killing' |url=https://nasional.tempo.co/read/432996/anwar-congo-protes-film-the-act-of-killing |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20241001...96/anwar-congo-protes-film-the-act-of-killing |archive-date=2024-10-01 |access-date=2025-08-16 |work=Tempo |language=id-ID}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anwar Kongo: An overnight celebrity from βThe Act of Killingβ |url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/...o-an-overnight-celebrity-the-act-killing.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2013022...o-an-overnight-celebrity-the-act-killing.html |archive-date=2013-02-20 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=www.thejakartapost.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Oppenheimer himself said that he was close to Anwar, and had a Skype conversation before the film was released in Indonesia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-24 |title=Build my gallows high: Joshua Oppenheimer on The Act of Killing |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...y-gallows-high-joshua-oppenheimer-act-killing |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]Foreign observers have noted not only the extreme brutality but also the "astonishing narcissism of these bandits",<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-07-25 |title=βThe Act of Killingβ relives a murderous era in Indonesia |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goin...249a5e-f3b9-11e2-9434-60440856fadf_story.html |access-date=2025-08-27 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> as well as their high popularity in Indonesia. One of Congo's "many admirers" is former Indonesian Vice President [[Jusuf Kalla]], who also participated in the anti-communist campaign of the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-07-28 |title=Indonesian Killers Shamed at Last |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/indon...tice-50-years-too-late-in-the-act-of-killing/ |access-date=2025-08-27 |website=The Daily Beast |language=en}}</ref>[/td]
[td]Foreign observers have noted not only the extreme brutality but also the "astonishing narcissism of these bandits",<ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-07-25 |title=βThe Act of Killingβ relives a murderous era in Indonesia |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goin...249a5e-f3b9-11e2-9434-60440856fadf_story.html |access-date=2025-08-27 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> as well as their high popularity in Indonesia. One of Congo's "many admirers" is former Indonesian Vice President [[Jusuf Kalla]], who also participated in the anti-communist campaign of the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-07-28 |title=Indonesian Killers Shamed at Last |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/indon...tice-50-years-too-late-in-the-act-of-killing/ |access-date=2025-08-27 |website=The Daily Beast |language=en}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]After the film was shown, [[Yogyakarta]] resident Bramantjo Prijosusilo initiated a petition demanding that Congo be held accountable for the murders. In March 2014, Indonesian Police Chief General Haji Sutarman rejected the petition on the grounds that the events had taken place too long ago.<ref name=":9" /> Pancasila Youth Chairman Djapto Surjosumarno effectively expressed solidarity with Congo, considering his actions a harsh response to communist violence. At the same time, he noted that the role in ''The Act of Killing'' and the subsequent conflict with the director is a private matter for Congo, and not for PP as a whole. Until the end of his life, Congo remained a high authority for radical anti-communists in Indonesia, especially in the Pancasila Youth. He participated in public events and was described as a public figure.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tyler |first=Kieron |date=2013-12-09 |title=DVD: The Act of Killing |url=https://theartsdesk.com/film/dvd-act-killing |access-date=2025-08-27 |website=theartsdesk.com |language=en}}</ref> He regularly communicated with the major right-wing radical politician Djapto Surjosumarno, the chairman of the Pancasila Youth, and leader of the Patriot Party.[/td]
[td]After the film was shown, [[Yogyakarta]] resident Bramantjo Prijosusilo initiated a petition demanding that Congo be held accountable for the murders. In March 2014, Indonesian Police Chief General Haji Sutarman rejected the petition on the grounds that the events had taken place too long ago.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |date=2014-03-07 |title=Kapolri: Pembantaian 1965 oleh Anwar Congo sudah kedaluwarsa |url=https://www.merdeka.com/peristiwa/kapolri-pembantaian-1965-oleh-anwar-congo-sudah-kedaluwarsa.html |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=merdeka.com |language=id}}</ref> Pancasila Youth Chairman Djapto Surjosumarno effectively expressed solidarity with Congo, considering his actions a harsh response to communist violence. At the same time, he noted that the role in ''The Act of Killing'' and the subsequent conflict with the director is a private matter for Congo, and not for PP as a whole. Until the end of his life, Congo remained a high authority for radical anti-communists in Indonesia, especially in the Pancasila Youth. He participated in public events and was described as a public figure.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tyler |first=Kieron |date=2013-12-09 |title=DVD: The Act of Killing |url=https://theartsdesk.com/film/dvd-act-killing |access-date=2025-08-27 |website=theartsdesk.com |language=en}}</ref> He regularly communicated with the major right-wing radical politician Djapto Surjosumarno, the chairman of the Pancasila Youth, and leader of the Patriot Party.[/td] [td][/td]
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