The Killing Fields

Well, I finally went and rented The Killing Fields. A very disturbing film about about the beginning of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia and the soon to come revolution/massacre that took place. According to Wikipedia:

"The Khmer Rouge regime is remembered mainly for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million people (from an estimated 1972 population of 7.1 million), through execution, starvation and forced labor. It is often said to have been one of the most violent regimes of the 20th century — on par with the regimes of Adolf Hitler and, in the views of many, Joseph Stalin. In terms of the number of people killed as a proportion of the population of the country it ruled and time in power, it was probably the most lethal regime of the 20th century. The organization received support while it was in power from the People's Republic of China, who intended to "box in" the Soviet-backed Socialist Republic of Vietnam."

I urge anyone looking to learn more about recent Cambodian history or want to learn more on how low a society can sink to, to seek out this movie.

Here's more information:
IMDB movie entry
Khmer Rouge Wikipedia entry
Cambodia Wikipedia entry