The Killing Fields

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Han M Mar 14, 2019 Beautifully filmed, intense and emotionally powerful. Stay for the great music over the closing credits!

Theodore S Feb 6, 2019 A journalist is stuck in Cambodia during a massic local war. The U.S. are naturally helping, but they fail a lot and they bomb a lot of civilians. It's not easy for our American guy, Sydney and his crew, but with a lot of help from a local, Dith they get around and out of very tricky and serious situations. This is a biography and the true story of an journalistic award winner and his friend for life who got stuck in the middle of the chaos after Sydney was rescued from it. He wrote well but always shared his praise and positive critique with Dith, not even sure if he was alive. A very fascinating story, well executed. It has action, drama and some real harsh moments. It feels a bit dated for me and I lost my consentration at times as I never felt I knew the characters that well. Solid film, but not a masterpiece. 7 out of 10 Coke bottles. See more

Feb 1, 2019 The best, GREATEST inspiring movie ever made!

Ron W Nov 14, 2018 Roland Joffà (C)â(TM)s film tells the story of New York Times journalist Sydney Schanberg and his friend Cambodian journalist Dith Pran as they experience the U. S. bombing of Cambodia, subsequent departure of international forces, and then the bloody rule of Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s, which resulted in genocide. As expected, it is horrific. But focusing on the central friendship allows the filmmakers to treat the terrible events as a sort of backdrop, letting viewers digest their awfulness while keeping their attention on the more specific concerns of Schanberg (Sam Waterston) and Pran (Haing S. Ngor), such as how to get Pran a forged passport. Of course, the film could also be charged with the typical crime of giving American viewers a white protagonist to identify with rather than simply telling the story of the Cambodians -- but, conversely, Pran does dominate the filmâ(TM)s second half (in a work camp) and really becomes the filmâ(TM)s emotional center (and Ngor rightly won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar). The film doesnâ(TM)t really pull any punches either â" there are brutal unjust killings throughout, plus the usual aftermath of war (injured and dead children, dead bodies piled up or cast aside), even as the cinematography can also be quite beautiful (showing sunsets of Thailand, where the film was shot). The tension remains high for most of the picture and you never quite know who will survive. Waterston, John Malkovich (playing an acerbic photog), Spalding Gray (who later developed his monologue Swimming to Cambodia about making this film) and Craig T. Nelson are some of the familiar faces who went on to further success after this film. Cambodia itself took a lot longer to recover from the events portrayed here...which stand as a warning to the world and its leaders. Powerful. See more

Abraham S Feb 27, 2018 An under appreciated film about one of the darkest points in humanity's history, 'The Killing Fields' follows two characters as they both struggle in the survival of the Cambodian Genocide. This is a film so thick with suspense and tension that you feel the fear that the characters feel. See more

George R Jan 13, 2018 Excellent movie about the Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia and the death of 3 million people.

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