First they killed my father, the movie
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Re: First they killed my father, the movie
One inaccuracy in the movie compared to the book- towards the end of the book a crowd does a mob killing on a former KR. But in the movie it is portrayed that the mob suddenly decides to have mercy on him.
The movie makes Khmer people look better, but the book is more accurate to what continue to be a social problem in Cambodia.
The movie makes Khmer people look better, but the book is more accurate to what continue to be a social problem in Cambodia.
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Yes from Amsterdam to Raqqah to Zurich, a dude always has to look for a balanced portrayal of hookers.
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First They Killed My Father: Criminally underrated masterpiece by Angelina Jolie that deserves your attention
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September 16, 2020
Based on the memoir by Loung Ung who also co-wrote the screenplay with Jolie, First They Killed My Father traces the journey of a 5-year-old girl, who with her family, is forced into the labour camps in Cambodia during the period of Khmer Rouge. This period witnessed the worst display of mass killing, sweeping away 25% of Cambodia’s population. The story is told with the perspective of young Ung and how she saw the lives of her family being destroyed. This is Angelina Jolie’s fourth film as a director and it clearly substantiates how she is one of the most gifted artists in Hollywood.
This film is not just a commentary on a communist government of the Khmer Rouge era, but it is also a blow on war destroying lives, even if it is for the good. Opening scenes expose the hypocrisy of the Nixon government, which believed that Washington was helping the “neutral” Cambodian. In these initial 20 seconds, we see the real-life footage of the Vietnamese war, and how it infiltrated into Cambodian territory sabotaging lives and giving rise to the communist government. In the next shot, we see a young girl watching the announcement of the United States severing military aids to the Cambodian government on her television. Then she nonchalantly dances around her house going straight to her balcony. She sees a military chopper, steps half on the railing with one hand holding the top edge of the railing and lifting the other as if she will grab down the chopper from the sky. With this shot, writer-director Anjelina Jolie tells her viewers two major things. First being that little Ung’s world is currently at the brink of a fatal end, and the other being an inevitable fall that will change her world forever.
In full: https://duexpress.in/first-they-killed- ... attention/
By DU Express -
September 16, 2020
Based on the memoir by Loung Ung who also co-wrote the screenplay with Jolie, First They Killed My Father traces the journey of a 5-year-old girl, who with her family, is forced into the labour camps in Cambodia during the period of Khmer Rouge. This period witnessed the worst display of mass killing, sweeping away 25% of Cambodia’s population. The story is told with the perspective of young Ung and how she saw the lives of her family being destroyed. This is Angelina Jolie’s fourth film as a director and it clearly substantiates how she is one of the most gifted artists in Hollywood.
This film is not just a commentary on a communist government of the Khmer Rouge era, but it is also a blow on war destroying lives, even if it is for the good. Opening scenes expose the hypocrisy of the Nixon government, which believed that Washington was helping the “neutral” Cambodian. In these initial 20 seconds, we see the real-life footage of the Vietnamese war, and how it infiltrated into Cambodian territory sabotaging lives and giving rise to the communist government. In the next shot, we see a young girl watching the announcement of the United States severing military aids to the Cambodian government on her television. Then she nonchalantly dances around her house going straight to her balcony. She sees a military chopper, steps half on the railing with one hand holding the top edge of the railing and lifting the other as if she will grab down the chopper from the sky. With this shot, writer-director Anjelina Jolie tells her viewers two major things. First being that little Ung’s world is currently at the brink of a fatal end, and the other being an inevitable fall that will change her world forever.
In full: https://duexpress.in/first-they-killed- ... attention/
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What?CEOCambodiaNews wrote: ↑Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:30 am
This film is not just a commentary on a communist government of the Khmer Rouge era, but it is also a blow on war destroying lives, even if it is for the good.
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I thought it was boring and total devoid of emotion. One big 'meh, whatever' when the credits roll. Which means it failed totally as if you cant move people when depicting genocide then you cant move people at all.
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I think it was a good movie and I wouldn't want to have missed it, but that being said, I don't think over the top praise is in order. With the talent and connections Angelina Jolie has, I wouldn't have expected anything less.
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