January 7, 1979
- John Bingham
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Re: January 7, 1979
The guy waving the handgun is Hem Keth Dara from MONATIO. They were basically a bunch of students etc who decided to dress up like Khmer Rouge and join in with them when they entered the city. They didn't last long.boozyoldman wrote:Richard - Still photos of the chap waving a handgun (the chap in the video you posted) are normally claimed to be of the events of 1975, the KR
victory over the Khmer Republic ...
Silence, exile, and cunning.
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Re: January 7, 1979
The film posted is of 1975, NOT 1979.
The following is from memory and may be completely in error:
The starry-eyed Monatio youngsters were under the impression that the KR would be overjoyed to form a coalition government with them.
They were briskly disabused of this misapprehension.
Some years later, Sihanouk made a movie about the grotesque episode. Has anyone here seen it?
The following is from memory and may be completely in error:
The starry-eyed Monatio youngsters were under the impression that the KR would be overjoyed to form a coalition government with them.
They were briskly disabused of this misapprehension.
Some years later, Sihanouk made a movie about the grotesque episode. Has anyone here seen it?
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Re: January 7, 1979
Here is the reference to the movie:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MONATIO
Did anyone here ever see this movie? Was it as amateurish/awful as his better-known movies?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MONATIO
Did anyone here ever see this movie? Was it as amateurish/awful as his better-known movies?
- John Bingham
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Re: January 7, 1979
Sure, as you said the January 1979 images show deserted streets and PAVN/KUFNS troops entering Phnom Penh:boozyoldman wrote:The film posted is of 1975, NOT 1979.
This East German film was the first shot after the 7th January:
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Re: January 7, 1979
amazing film, the city is so clean
In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely. HST
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