Red disaster

Jean 2022-09-29 17:26:45

After Cambodia occupied Phnom Penh in 1976, the story of a mass murder was launched.

I have watched this movie before. The only memorable scene is that Pran walks alone across a ridge full of human bones. Looking at it now, it seems very likely that this lens will still be the most impressive in the future.

Sometimes I wonder how unreliable my brain is. Many movies are forgotten after they have been watched. The speed of forgetting far exceeds the speed of watching them. Some films are classics and not bad, but they seem to be the same after watching them the second time.

Actually, I have always been so comforting and encouraging myself. With a bad memory, it is fortunate to be able to forget some people and things.

But people in Cambodia should not forget this history. There are some pains. One time is enough. It is necessary to remember it.

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The Killing Fields quotes

  • Dith Pran: [voiceover in Khmer Rouge reeducation camp] Sydney, Angka says that those who were guilty of soft living in the years of the great struggle and did not care for the sufferings of the peasant, must confess. Because, now is the year zero and everything is to start anew.

  • Dith Pran: [voiceover in Khmer Rouge reeducation camp] I'm full of fear, Sydney. I must show no understanding. Not of French or English. I must have no past, Sydney. This is the year zero and nothing has gone before.