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‘Aum: The Cult At The End Of The World,’ A Harrowing Exemplum of Fanaticism
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‘Aum: The Cult At The End Of The World,’ A Harrowing Exemplum of Fanaticism

The documentary Aum: The Cult At The End Of The World, marks the directorial debuts of Ben Braun and Chiaki Yanagimoto. The  film is based on the book The Cult at the End of the World by investigative reporter David E. Kaplan and journalist Andrew Marshall. The picture, that had its world premiere at the…

Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
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Sundance Film Festival : Review / Aum : The Cult at the End of the World
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Sundance Film Festival : Review / Aum : The Cult at the End of the World

Two months after the Great Hanshin Earthquake Disaster killed 6,433 people and caused more than $100 billion in damages, a sarin gas attack took place in a Tokyo subway in 1995. Harrowing sounds echoed throughout the subway which sent shivers down to the spine of a first responder. The incident shocked the world, and was…

Nobuhiro Hosoki
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