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by George_Chabot  in Movies,  - Top 50, Aug 19 '04
Pros: Haing S. Ngor, Story
Cons: Liberal handwringing, leftist political slant courtesy NY Times
”Here, only the silent survive.” Dith Pran The Killing Fields covers the communist takeover of Cambodia by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge during the 1970s and the gruesome massacre of three million persons in rural Cambodia. The story ...
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by CyndiA - Top 50, Mar 01 '03
Pros: This movie makes war real.
Cons: It's sad that anyone has to deal with this.
People say that history is a good teacher, and that’s going to be a problem since I know that neither of my boys take history in school. They have math, reading for points, and test taking with a little social studies and science thrown in for...
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by metalluk - Top 100, Jul 26 '05
Pros: Two strong lead performances; excellent cinematography; great personalized history lesson
Cons: Feeble soundtrack; grim subject matter
Here's a film that isn't merely a history lesson. It's more like an in-depth examination of the troubled human condition. We keep making the same mistakes over and over again. Historical Background: The tragedy of The Killing Fields in ...
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by sadgit - Top 1000, Feb 21 '05
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"The Killing Fields" is the true story of journalist Sydney H. Schanberg's visit to Cambodia during the Vietnam War being waged just outside its borders, and his friendship with the local correspondent Dith Pran. We begin with Sydney's arrival in ...
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by Carrathon , May 21 '08
Pros: Acting (Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor), cinematography
Cons: Confusing, too long, needs subtitles in some parts
The death of Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot in 1998 very briefly turned the national consciousness of America to distant events over 30 years ago, in a faraway and forgotten land. The political and social upheaval then and there resulted in the massacre ...
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by BrianKoller - Top 50, Aug 27 '00
Pros: cinematography, casting, story, characters
Cons: political diatribes, score
A story of friendship and of survival through adversity, The Killing Fields is an often harrowing account of the Cambodian civil war and its aftermath.
Sam Waterston plays Sydney Schanberg, a highly dedicated reporter working for the...
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by kcornell , Jun 01 '04
Pros: A good man shows the insanity of war.
Cons: Nothing
Memorial Day is a time to honor those who have died in war--and I observed this holiday by watching The Killing Fields, a film about those who died during the brutal conflict in Cambodia. Set in the closing days of the Vietnam War, The Killing ...
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by knix - Top 1000, Apr 25 '00
Pros: excellent acting, haunting and moving
Cons: It's a little longish and slow in a couple of spots
Let me start by saying, I have always meant to see this film way before I did. It's one of those that was on my list, but somehow, I just never got around to it until now. An hour after I finished watching it, and still I'm thinking about what I saw,...
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by Paul_Ritchie , Oct 12 '00
Pros: Faithful narrative, brilliantly acted, poignant score.
Cons: Can't think of any.
The story contained in the Killing Fields is the adaptation for screen of the story of Dith Pran, Journalist in Phnom Penh at the time of the Khmer Rouge uprising in the mid 70's. The saddest fact of all is that this story of immense courage would...
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by Funkwise , Sep 07 '00
Pros: Interesting, Emotional
Cons: Could have been much better
The Killing Fields deals with subjects that guarantee it depth and emotion. When you deal with an issue such as Cambodian death camps and re-education programs, you would have to be the most insensitive, incapable filmmaker to not draw some emotional...
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