THE KILLING FIELDS (1984) - ♦♦♦♦

Directed by - Roland Joffé

Written by - Bruce Robinson

Starring - Sam Waterson, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich

"The story is set in Cambodia from 1975 on, and it tells the true story of the friend and translator of a New York Times journalist who remains trapped in the country during the bloody ‘year zero’ which claimed the lives of over two million Cambodians. Joffé's film is daring in its execution and powerful from start to finish. Apart from it being an absolute masterpiece of cinematography by Chris Menges, The Killing Fields is admirably able to create intensity and deep human emotion without employing conventional structures and narrative gimmicks with its realist style."

War, UK