I like documentaries, usually. I certainly thought this one lacking thou. First the narrative is slow. The purpose of the movie isnt clear cut. The only novelty is interviewing former guards and there "naivety".
Films have the resource of stimulating the visual not only the intelectual... this film/documentary barely stimulates us visually. A few shots of some paintings and the old buildings where the atrocities were commited only. Some shock value lacking.
I recomend it only for people who know nothing of the Khmer Rouge and their history. Its certainly worth to learn of what happens when governements get into a spiralling paranoia and how easily people can get to commit attrocieties and kill.
Films have the resource of stimulating the visual not only the intelectual... this film/documentary barely stimulates us visually. A few shots of some paintings and the old buildings where the atrocities were commited only. Some shock value lacking.
I recomend it only for people who know nothing of the Khmer Rouge and their history. Its certainly worth to learn of what happens when governements get into a spiralling paranoia and how easily people can get to commit attrocieties and kill.