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1975. In the
wake of American involvement in Vietnam, Cambodia became a national
death camp under the brutal Khmer Rouge regime. Seen through the
eyes of a New York Times reporter and his Cambodian assistant
and interpreter, it's an angry and intelligent film, subtly acted
and powerfully photographed by Chris Menges. A damning indictment
of the Nixon administration and a document of one the blackest
periods in history.
Awards
1985 Oscars
Winner Best
Cinematography - Chris Menges
Winner Best Supporting Actor - Haing S. Ngor
Winner Best Film Editing - Jim Clark
Nominated
Best Actor, Director, Picture, Screenplay
1985 BAFTAs
Winner Film,
Cinematography, Adapted Screenplay, Actor
1984 British
Society of Cinematographers
Best Cinematography Award - Chris Menges
Critics
The Killing
Fields was one of the few impressive films to come out of Britain
in the 1980s "
- Almar Haflidason -
BBC Online January 2001
Links
Interview
with Chris Menges in The Guardian
Chris
Menges at IMDb
Roland Joffe at IMDb
Programme
Notes
The programme notes are based on The
Killing Fields pages at the Rotten
Tomatoes Website.
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