The movie tells the (true) story of Sydney Schanberg, an American journalist (New York Times) and Dith Pran, a Cambodian collegue and local guide/translator working with/for Schanberg. They witness the last weeks of the pro American Lon Nol regime and the conquest of Phnom Penh by the Khmer Rouge. Incredible atrocities occur. Phnom Penh gets three days after the conquest completely evacuated. More than two million people had to leave the megacity in an apocalyptic exodus. (...)

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'City of Ghosts' is particularly fascinating to watch for those who know Cambodia or are interested in the country, because much of the atmosphere of the country is caught in the picture, and that's done very well. Parts of the movie play in Phnom Penh, others in Kep, the climax and final showdown is placed up on foggy Bokor Hill Station and in and around the old colonial Bokor Palace Hotel & Casino ruin. Matt Dillan, as the director, took time to show places in Cambodia as they really look. That gives the film a touch of a documentary as well.

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Filmmaker Werner Herzog's second approach to the story of Dieter Dengler, a German born American bombardier (*1938 - 2001) who got shot over Laotian territory in the early Vietnam War in 1966. The movie is based on Herzog's own documentary 'Little Dieter needs to Fly' (1997) and Dieter Denglers book 'Escape from Laos'. The movie is based on a true story.

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For a while I hoped it's not all bad about Thai movies, although there is a lot of crap around. But meanwhile I think they are hopeless. If you watch Thai TV, what's unavoidable in Thailand, for there are everywhere TV sets running, even in the banks, the immigration offices and police stations, you get an impression of the mainstream. Soaps, livestyle, (bad) news, of course advertisements of all kinds... all superficial nonesense. Nevertheless there are a some, I want to introduce here.

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'Apocalypse Now' describes the journey on an American patrol boat upwards a river (supposed to be the Mekong) in Vietnam and later Cambodia. It's the year 1969...

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The monumental picture of Mohanda K. Gandhi's life and struggle against injustice and the British Empire. An evergreen, defenitely among the 100 best movies ever made.

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