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The Killing Fields - ทุ่งสังหาร

Year : 1984
Director : Roland Joffé
Starring : Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich
Genre : War Drama

The harrowing but rewarding 1984 drama about a real life relationship between New York Times reporter Sidney Schanberg and his Cambodian assistant Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor), the latter left at the mercy of the Khmer Rouge after Schanberg - who chose to stay after American evacuation but was booted out - failed to get him safe passage. Filmmaker Roland Joffé, previously a documentarist, made his feature debut with this account of Dith's rocky survival in the ensuing madness of the Khmer Rouge's genocidal campaign. The script spends some time with Schanberg's feelings of guilt after the fact, but most of the film is a shattering recreation of hell on Earth. The late Haing S. Ngor - a real life doctor who had never acted before and who lived through the events depicted by Joffé - is outstanding, and he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Oscars also went to cinematographer Chris Menges and editor Jim Clark.

ภาพยนตร์ดราม่าชั้นเยี่ยม เจ้าของ 3 ออสการ์ที่สร้างมาจากเรื่องจริง หนึ่งในโศกนาฎกรรมที่โลกต้องอึ้ง โดยเริ่มต้นในปี 1972 "ซิดนีย์" นักข่าวจากนิวยอร์คไทม์ ได้เดินทางไปกัมพูชาเพื่อทำข่าวสงครามระหว่างเขมรแดงและฝ่ายรัฐบาล โดยมีผู้ช่วยชาวเขมรผู้เป็นทุกอย่างในชีวิตของซิดนีย์ในกัมพูชา สถาการณ์รุนแรงร้อนระอุขึ้นตลอดเวลา ในที่สุดเขมรแดงก็เป็นผู้ชนะโดยสามารถยึดพนมเปญได้ในปี 1975 ทั่วทั้งแผ่นดินกัมพูชาแดงฉานไปด้วยเลือดของคนบริสุทธิ์ที่ตกเป็นเหยื่อของเขมรแดง และทำให้ชาวกัมพูชาต้องตกอยู่ในฝันร้าย


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Very disappointing account of what really happened. Large chunks of the film are about the Americans involvement and political squabbling. There is little coverage of the torment and suffering the Cambodians encountered. Knowing the way the media works this will be the only portrayal of the conflict and I felt after watching this shortly after travelling around Cambodia that they were grossly mis-represented. The actor Haing S. Ngor, who plays Dith Pran actually wrote a book called Survival in the Killing Fields and if you compare that to this film you will see the difference. The book is excellent but heart wrenching at the same time, this film is sadly lacking.
 
Posts: 193 | Location: London | Registered: 10 August 2005Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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Couldn't disagree more!

Americans involvment in Cambodia remains unanswered and still needs to be addressed.
Remember this is based on real events, sadly Dith Pran's life in the US didnt pan out to well either.

A film that was made 20 years ago - and the only western film to have attempted to tell the story of the Cambodian genocide, it is a well made and decent effort!
 
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