The Killing Fields
Taste attributes: dramahistorywarhistoricalbiographyjournalisticslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelineargrittyemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs
"Here, only the silent survive."
Boxlist takeA grounded war film that is heavy, stirring and rough-edged. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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What lines up
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
The real-life story of a friendship between two journalists, an American and a Cambodian, during the bloody Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia in 1975, which led to the death of 2-3 million Cambodians during the next four years, until Pol Pot's regime was toppled by the intervening Vietnamese in 1979.
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- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 1984
- Runtime
- 142 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Enigma Productions
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
