Interview: Joshua Oppenheimer on the Ethical Dilemmas of ‘The Act of Killing’ and the Fiction of Observational Documentary

This interview with Joshua Oppenheimer was originally published on the Documentary Channel Blog on July 18, 2013. It is being reposted now, ahead of the Oscars, with permission from Participant Channel, Inc.

Possibly the hottest documentary of the year, Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing has been blowing audiences away around the world since debutin…