John Bingham wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 7:50 am

donner-kruger wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 1:45 am White Helmets ISIS terrorists

How are White Helmets ISIS? They are volunteers who work in medical evacuation. Why are you bringing your conspiracy theories into this thread about a promising young Cambodian director?

No they are not, they are the propaganda arm of ISIS/Al-Qaida:

But yeah, that was totally offtopic.

While I wouldn't mind seeing it, what I would like more is if it would be more honest about its "coming of age" component, based on the trailer alone.
I think Khmer artists need to be more honest with themselves in general, and make less attempts to appeal to a western audience, if they are to be truly successful (long term) & happy. Admittedly some Khmer music is honest to a fault.
I get tired of seeing Khmer artists having their hand held by The French, or western expats in general...maybe keep the hand holding to ASEAN?, or perhaps Hong Kong or Japan?
It must be the financing. It is not art for art's sake, for sure.
But is it anywhere, ever?

sanjuro wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 10:22 pm I get tired of seeing Khmer artists having their hand held by The French, or western expats in general...maybe keep the hand holding to ASEAN?, or perhaps Hong Kong or Japan?
It must be the financing. It is not art for art's sake, for sure.
But is it anywhere, ever?

Is it possible there’s some selection bias on your part? i.e. there might be tons of Chinese-supported art out there but we never hear about it cause it doesn’t get promoted in the west?
Who won the Crying Monkey award this year?

donner-kruger wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 10:04 pm

John Bingham wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 7:50 am

donner-kruger wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 1:45 am White Helmets ISIS terrorists

How are White Helmets ISIS? They are volunteers who work in medical evacuation. Why are you bringing your conspiracy theories into this thread about a promising young Cambodian director?

No they are not, they are the propaganda arm of ISIS/Al-Qaida:

But yeah, that was totally offtopic.

Load of old conspiracy tosh. The White Helmets were co-founded by an British ex-serviceman (Royal Green Jackets) and are involved in medevac / search and rescue operations in Syria. Assad and the Russians have spread various rumours and propaganda about their links to Al Qaeda and ISIS, but as usual without any actual evidence.

nerdlinger wrote: ↑Thu Nov 04, 2021 4:42 am

sanjuro wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 10:22 pm I get tired of seeing Khmer artists having their hand held by The French, or western expats in general...maybe keep the hand holding to ASEAN?, or perhaps Hong Kong or Japan?
It must be the financing. It is not art for art's sake, for sure.
But is it anywhere, ever?

Is it possible there’s some selection bias on your part? i.e. there might be tons of Chinese-supported art out there but we never hear about it cause it doesn’t get promoted in the west?
Who won the Crying Monkey award this year?

Of course I'm biased.
For the record though, I was once a film projectionist. 100% arthouse. But that was over twenty years ago.
I annhilated a woody allen film, just melted the shit out of it one day. 20 seconds cut.
I never heard of a Crying Monkey! I looked it up! Beijing International. And it started with Tropic Thunder??
-I too, went full wreetard-

John Bingham wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 7:50 am

donner-kruger wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 1:45 am White Helmets ISIS terrorists

How are White Helmets ISIS? They are volunteers who work in medical evacuation. Why are you bringing your conspiracy theories into this thread about a promising young Cambodian director?

hdgh29 wrote: ↑Thu Nov 04, 2021 9:09 am

donner-kruger wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 10:04 pm

John Bingham wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 7:50 am

donner-kruger wrote: ↑Wed Nov 03, 2021 1:45 am White Helmets ISIS terrorists

How are White Helmets ISIS? They are volunteers who work in medical evacuation. Why are you bringing your conspiracy theories into this thread about a promising young Cambodian director?

No they are not, they are the propaganda arm of ISIS/Al-Qaida:

But yeah, that was totally offtopic.

Load of old conspiracy tosh. The White Helmets were co-founded by an British ex-serviceman (Royal Green Jackets) and are involved in medevac / search and rescue operations in Syria. Assad and the Russians have spread various rumours and propaganda about their links to Al Qaeda and ISIS, but as usual without any actual evidence.

I don’t know which is true, so I’m deciding that the YouTube channel calling itself “The Perilous Fight” with a picture of people raising an American Flag is probably not going to be a reliable source of information.


Edit: just had a Google round and yup, it’s been a long time since I saw such a blatant example of Russian/Syrian propaganda in action. Shame on you, d-k.

nerdlinger wrote: ↑Thu Nov 04, 2021 3:53 pm
Edit: just had a Google round and yup, it’s been a long time since I saw such a blatant example of Russian/Syrian propaganda in action. Shame on you, d-k.

I very much doubt that. I've already had a warning from the moderators of "trolling". So I'm trying to tread lightly here.

But it's funny how we in the west are constantly told one side of the story. Like for example how Saddam had WMDs.

What the fake news media has consistently failed to report on is how the Syrian "dictator" gassed his own people. I mean, besides him being a complete idiot for doing that, knowing that would invite a NATO styled invasion.

It's later surfaced that, according to whistle blowers of the U.N body, the chemical attacked was not only staged, but the higher ups knew it was:

https://thegrayzone.com/2019/11/16/syri ... -evidence/

Something that should have been front page news in the mainstream media, but it was completely ignored.

So, I don't blame you when you say you had a "google" search. Because in today's society of propaganda, you really have to dig way deeper than just a simple Google search.