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The Killing Fields 1984
Although not a true war film, Director Joffe really captures the harsh conditions of the Khmer Rouge regime. It shows a bond of friendship, and the pain and guilt these two friends had experienced over the years, whether it was together or separated. Pran, being a native Cambodian, was forced into labor camps, while his friend Sydney, a reporter, goes back into the United States. Pran, after gaining the trust of the leader of a different prison compound, along with…
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964
Doctor Strangelove was an example of a black comedy film, a type of film that satirizes or pokes fun of something that shouldn't be made fun of. It highlights the fear of the world as the United States and the Soviet Union closes in on an all-out nuclear war. What's interesting is that Peter Seller plays three roles in this film, as Mandrake, President Muffley, and Doctor Strangelove. This film is filled with funny moments amidst an anxious US war…
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers 1956
The parallels that can be drawn from this film and the Red Scare of the 1950s-1960s are very transparent. Don Siegel does a phenomenal job of incorporating the idea of Communism into the film, such as the "rebirth" of people into more ignorant people, ones without emotion, no incentive to help others other than their kind. The fictional aspect of the film was done very neatly, and the entire plot almost seems real, things that may happen in our reality.…
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