The Killing Fields (1984)
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Someone once said heroes are not heroes for fifteen minutes; they are heroes 24 hours a day. In The Killing Fields, directed by Roland Joffe, we see two ordinary human beings whose lives are transformed by the Khmer Rouge take over of Cambodia. Sydney Schanberg is a journalist covering the fall of Cambodia, with the aid of a translator named Dith Pran. Schanberg leaves Cambodia with others foreigners when it is apparent that the country will fall. Dith choose to stay behind. When Schanberg gets him he cannot forget about Dith and the possible horrors he is facing. The film switches to DithÆs point-of-view; with many scenes of graphic carnage that show Dith doing anything he can to survive the madness and brutality of the Khmer Rou
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Khmer Rouge, Angka People, Pran Schanberg, Nazi Party, War Iraq, Dith Dith, Killing Fields, Sydney Dith, Sydney Schanberg, Dith Eventually, khmer rouge, killing fields, ordinary human,
Approximate Word count = 511
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page)
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