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What Comes After the Apocalypse? A Q&A With Joshua Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer’s latest film, The End, is a Golden Age, postapocalyptic musical crying out from the depths of the earth.
He made documentaries about mass murder — and then a Tilda Swinton musical
The Act of Killing” director Joshua Oppenheimer reveals what drove him to infuse a postapocalyptic tale with song and dance ...
He had a vision for the end of the world. Of course, it had to be a musical
Deep in a bunker, a family keeps on singing in the year's most nightmarish piece of future shock. Director Joshua Oppenheimer had never made a musical before.
Joshua Oppenheimer's apocalyptic musical with Tilda Swinton is about the last family left on Earth
The Oscar-nominated filmmaker stopped by Here & Queer to talk with Peter Knegt about his audacious take on the end of the world.
Review: It’s ‘The End’ but deep underground, a sheltered family keeps on singing in denial
Director Joshua Oppenheimer, previously a documentarian who has chronicled dark acts of self-delusion, shifts to a postapocalyptic musical with similar themes.
The Movies Slate’s Movie Critic Is Most Looking Forward to in 2025
In Slate’s annual Movie Club, film critic Dana Stevens emails with fellow critics—for 2024, Bilge Ebiri, K. Austin Collins, ...
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With ‘The End,’ Joshua Oppenheimer and Michael Shannon Wanted to Prove ‘Unraveling Lies’ Is a Lot Easier When You’re Singing
Moving from documentary to the narrative format, Oppenheimer's urge to make a musical about the end of the world was rooted in his observational sensibilities. To hear Oppenheimer tell it ...
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The musical at the end of the world
Mother (Tilda Swinton) is having a bad dream. Sleeping beside her is the sweet and affable Father (Michael Shannon). She wrestles herself out of a nightmare and is comforted by her husband.