Drafthouse Films’ ‘The Act of Killing’ Trailer

It seems like everything is coming up Drafthouse today, with the announcement of their acquisition of Nothing Bad Can Happen, and now a new trailer for their upcoming documentary release The Act of Killing. This has been playing the festival circuit for quite a while now, and even though we didn’t get a chance to check it out, we’ve been hearing nothing but amazing things.

It looks like the type of documentary that simply needs to be seen to believed, and it’s set for a limited release in theaters July 19th.  Hit the jump for the full trailer and synopsis, and be sure to check out the latest release dates here.

In this chilling and inventive documentary, executive produced by Errol Morris (The Fog Of War) and Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man), the filmmakers examine a country where death squad leaders are celebrated as heroes, challenging them to reenact their real-life mass killings in the style of the American movies they love. The hallucinatory result is a cinematic fever dream, an unsettling journey deep into the imaginations of mass murderers and the shockingly banal regime of corruption and impunity they inhabit. Shaking audiences at the 2012 Toronto and Telluride Film Festivals, The Act of Killing is an unprecedented film and, according to the Los Angeles Times, “could well change how you view the documentary form.”