The Killing Fields
1984 Directed by Roland Joffé
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The Killing Fields tells the real life story of a friendship between two journalists, an American and a Cambodian, during the bloody Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in 1975, which lead to the death of 2-3 million Cambodians during the next four years, until Pol Pot's regime was toppled by the intervening Vietnamese in 1979.
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So quiet and low-key for a war film, and with one of the heroes flawed and guilt-ridden: these unusual traits were what I really liked about it.
Though it's not a war film per se, it's the story of friends separated by a war and a tyrannical regime. One or two reviewers on here seem to be expecting a movie that will give a full account of the Cambodian civil war and Pol Pot's regime, which was never the purpose of The Killing Fields, a film adaptation of a personal memoir. A memoir which was notably embellished.
N.B. This post is influenced by several articles I've read online, including Wikipedia, and by the book of interviews with screenwriter Bruce Robinson,…
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Too unfocused and melodramatic (when it should not be) to be considered great. Haing S. Ngor's Oscar nomination and win is baffling.
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Damn!
Kijken!
Verplichte kost over het lang aanslepende conflict tussen Vietnam en Amerika en hoe dit het prachtige buurland Cambodja aangetast heeft! -
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After watching this film for the second time in my life I firstly realize that this is a movie that desperately needs a digital restoration and secondly that it has lost some of its beauty and power do to this. When I saw this movie the first time around I was blown away by the cinematography, the shots of the rice paddies and mountains/hills took my breath away. Now, however, due to movies such as The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Killing Fields cannot compete in a non-digitally-restored format when comparing the sheer raw beauty of a landscape. Another problem I found the second time was the sound could use an overhaul as well, it brought me out of…
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i really liked this film... the cambodian scenery looked stunning and in contrast, the scenes of war quite horrifying.
a really moving film about war and friendships. -
Fantastic movie about an amazing story. Not one that is going to make you feel good by the end but fascinating for sure.
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Well worth revisiting after almost 20 years - one of the better homosocial love stories set against an historical backdrop of hell. Great performance by Dr. Haing S. Ngor, who underplays against Sam Waterston to excellent effect, especially once the film smartly gives the Dith Pran character his own perspective once the two are separated.
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So quiet and low-key for a war film, and with one of the heroes flawed and guilt-ridden: these unusual traits were what I really liked about it.
Though it's not a war film per se, it's the story of friends separated by a war and a tyrannical regime. One or two reviewers on here seem to be expecting a movie that will give a full account of the Cambodian civil war and Pol Pot's regime, which was never the purpose of The Killing Fields, a film adaptation of a personal memoir. A memoir which was notably embellished.
N.B. This post is influenced by several articles I've read online, including Wikipedia, and by the book of interviews with screenwriter Bruce Robinson,…
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Realistic, sad & brngs home how cruel war can be.........:(
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Truly phenomenal. A must-see for everyone.