to be fair

Ellen 2022-09-23 11:42:31

I don’t understand Cambodian history, but Angelina Jolie used the lens to take her family’s experiences during the Khmer Rouge rule as clues, and showed us the devastation of ** on innocent people from the perspective of a little girl. There will be a horizontal association of ZG in the movie, which is understandable as a Chinese. Angelina successfully turned Cambodia's original history under the US-aided government into a bittersweet contrast with the Khmer period. This is her narrative from the standpoint of an American director. Putting aside the position, it is difficult to tell who is right and who is wrong just because of the conflicting interests of various political systems and state apparatuses, and the involvement of the international situation. It's just that this Cambodian communism really makes people feel utterly ignorant. I believe this film will evoke deep memories and a feeling of deja vu for the elderly in China.

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First They Killed My Father quotes

  • [first lines]

    Richard Nixon: [on broadcast TV] Cambodia, a small country of 7 million people, has been a neutral nation since the Geneva agreement of 1954. American policy since then has been to scrupulously respect the neutrality of the Cambodian people.

    British Reporter: [standing with troops] The Vietnamese armies on the south side of the river appear to be indifferent to the contest.

    Cambodian Politician: Under the pretext that there is a war necessity, they come into Cambodia.

    Field Reporter: Are you glad to be in Cambodia?

    Soldier: Negative. No.

    Radio Reporter: The principle casualties appear to be innocent Cambodians.

    Henry Kissinger: [at podium] ... the occasional difficulties in reaching a final solution.

    Richard Nixon: What we are doing is to help the Cambodians help themselves. This is *not* an invasion of Cambodia.

    French Reporter: The Nixon Doctrine for Southeast Asia appears to have failed. The war that began in Vietnam has now engulfed Cambodia. There is anger and frustration at the US bombings. Thousands of lives lost. Farms and livelihoods destroyed.

  • Propoganda Announcer: It's better to make a mistake and kill an innocent person than to leave an enemy alive.