“When I realized the killings were wrong, I was already too far in.”
Provisional dossier. Metrics derived from the systematic pipeline (method v1.1-metric-fix); curatorial reading pending. The shape below is what the open record has produced so far — read it as a draft, not a verdict.
Resolved — wide, durable agreement across critic and audience record.
Active — the gap is current, unresolved, and generating heat.
Inert — the work has receded from active discourse.
Quiet — the work does not follow viewers beyond the screening.
Layered — sustained interpretive activity; the film is being decoded.
Mainstream — no distinct devotional community has formed.
Conventional — works within accepted shapes and structures.
Charged — physiological reactions documented: tears, tension, unease.
Open — most viewers can enter without special context.
Spreading — occasional reference outside film culture; some imagery in wider circulation.
Generative — a clear aesthetic lineage can be traced through subsequent work.
Revised — time has shifted the reading somewhat; the initial verdict has softened or hardened.
Uncomfortable — touches sensitive territory but does not breach social limits.
The Act of Killing (2012) directed by Joshua Oppenheimer. Curated baseline artifact for metric calibration and systematic scoring initialization.