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The Killing Fields (1984)
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Directed
by:
Roland Joffe |
COUNTRY
United
Kingdom |
GENRE
Drama |
NORWEGIAN
TITLE
Dødsmarkene |
RUNNING
TIME
141 minutter |
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Produced
by:
David Puttnam |
Written
by based on an article by Sydney Schanberg:
Bruce Robinson |
Review
Documentary filmmaker
Roland Joffe's debut as a feature director is a highly charged,
emotionally challenging and incredibly observant rendering of the events and
conditions in post-war Khmer Rouge-controlled Cambodia. Based on an
article written by New York Times journalist Sydney Schanberg, the film is
seen through the eyes of an American, but politically and historically The
Killing Fields is an impartial and open-minded film. Joffe is
interested in human beings rather than high-profile events, but he still
manages to be detailed and realistic when it comes to political intrigue
and post-war horrors. Being based on a true story isn't necessarily a
certification of a truthful narrative, but Bruce Robinson's script isn't
ironed into the Hollywood formula; it gives its characters lives of
their own, and thus makes The Killing Fields both a beautiful and
agonizing story of love, terror and the strength and goodness of humans,
across boundaries.
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