Sydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist covering the civil war in Cambodia. Together with local representative Dith Pran, they cover some of the tragedy and madness of the war. When the American forces leave, Dith Pran sends his family with them, but stays behind himself to help Schanberg cover the event. As an American, Schanberg won't have any trouble leaving the country, but the situation is different for Pran; he's a local, and the Khmer Rouge are moving in.
Killing Fields
Great performances. Shooking revelations. Set in Cambodia after the Viet Nam war it shows how Pol Pot's regime forced the population into the rural areas and out of the cities, in order to farm the land. All learned people were killed as a threat to the state. We follow the story of two journalists, one Cambodian and one American as they try to escape. The Cambodian cannot, but we follow his story through to him finding the Killing Fields of the title. This is a political and morally terrifying film and should be watched by all serious movie-goers.
The only thing that jarrs in the film is the soundtrack. The Mike Oldfield score reeks of early 80's, and I think we could have be...
Outdated but of great importance
Alas! it is sad when a film like this dates badly. The music, and much of the acting appear incongruous to the inormity of the story. It only seems to tell one half of the story, simplifying in much the same way as Hotel Rwanda does, leaving you ultimately wishing it had told you more of the political background, and less of the American hero looking jaded.
Killing Fields, The
Though it gradually turns into a somewhat sentimental buddy movie, with NY journo Sydney Schanberg (Waterston) longing...
Perhaps the most harrowing and visceral film of the 1980s, The Killing Fields is unstinting in its cinematic and, more broadly, political intelligence. Also it is an indictment of insensitive US foreign policy that contributed to one of the most terrible genocides of the 20th century. And, strange to say, it's written by Bruce Robinson, who directed Withnail And I.
American journalist Sydney Schanberg (Waterston) remains in Cambodia after the Communist Khmer Rough takeover, but must leave when the situation becomes too murderous. Tragically his aide and guide, Dith Pran (Ngor), is unable to escape, and is consigned to a Khmer Rouge death camp.
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Killing Fields, The
Brilliantly filmed, but probably too strong for a commercial audience to stomach, this true adventure tosses one into the horror of modern war and leaves one reeling despite its comparatively happy ending.
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