Last night I watched Beyond Rangoon (1995). Staring Patricia Arquette,
the movie is set in Burma (Myanmar) and is loosely based upon Aung
San Suu Kyi and the 8888 Uprising that took place there in 1988.
Since then, pretty much nothing has changed in Burma. The country in
2009 is still ruled by a military junta, and Aung San continues to be
under house arrest.
The movie reminded me somewhat of Salvador (1986), dealing with the
repressive U.S.-backed government in El Salvador in the early 80s (and
the stomping ground of the great photo journalist John Hoagland). And
then of course there was The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) about
Indonesia. And of course the emotionally brutal The Killing Fields (1984)
about the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.
Wasn't it just recently that I was watching something very similar take
place in Nepal? And then of course last June's events in Iran have taken
place again over the past several days.
So what movie are we to see next? Beyond Tehran — ?
It never ends. Evil just seems to be like some sort of virus that there's
no real cure for — it just spreads from place to place. And lest I beat a
horse to death, I'll end this right now.
This Insubstantial Pageant Faded 
Originally posted by Edward Piercy:
… what to say more then ?I know you're not a friend of idealism, Edward …. maybe I just prefer to have some hope.
I love Patricia. Watch her on Medium every Friday.
Well I'm not sure how much I'm living on this planet these days anyway. :p:lol:
😀 I guess WE got it … and besides, Edward "Beyond Ragoon" I thought was a good movie, Patricia Arquette did a pretty good job :up:
no need to say sorry, I didn't understand it that way.Edward … it's a shaky act of keeping balance on the edge of both sides … and there's always that "But" … I know … just felt the way I felt like when I came out of the cinema in 1995 after having seen "Beyond Rangoon" … we all live because of hope :up:
You got it! 😆
Medium? … must be TV series …
Sorry.I don't think that we should stop caring. Because then we would lose what is human in us and become like cold, lifeless zombies. It would not be good for our souls.It's that "But…" that comes afterwards that's the real issue I guess.
:p welcome to my little place in outerspace :p
HM, I think I read something about it … but I don't get what's so unusual about psychics working for police 😆 … I guess this is only understandable in German (psychic means a person you'd call a lunatic)
Yeah, she plays a psychic who works for the police. It's gotten better this season. I used to complain that the character and her husband spent all the show time in bed, talking. Not much real investigating going on. But now that they are on their 3rd network they seem to have figured it all out now.
"in German (psychic means a person you'd call a lunatic)"LMAO.
I don't think I've seen any of the films you've mentioned here, Edward, although I've heard of "The Killing Fields". Will have to check 'em out.:smile:
I read the book The Killing Fields was based on after I saw the movie. It's a short book. And amazing. And numbing. Star just spent something like 3 frigging hours trying to get my mom's old cable account reactivated on the internet. I think my brain is going to explode. Again.
Oh no! Things like that just absolutely suck, don't they? Your mom is lucky to have you to do those things for her, Edward. Be sure to tell her I said so, too. (As if she doesn't already know it. :p)As for your exploding brain: Don't worry. It ain't fatal. Mine explodes about once every other week or so. On average. Keeps growing back.I think there's a horror film about that somewhere. Called "The Blob" or something like that.:lol:
Have to confess, it was for my benefit too. But I'm glad we got it worked out. Glad to know that I'm not alone in the whole exploding brain thing. 😆 😆 We ought to form a support group. :p
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😆 and we would write blob posts instead blog post there … 😆
The Killing Fields was actually one of the reasons why I choose to pursue a carreer in journalism. Not that I ever got that far. I did write a few reports from the back stage areas of major rock events, but that is as far as it went for me in the department of battlefields.
@ Dirk. 😆 yes, we are Blob. Resistence is futile. @ Martin. You should be all set for one of those Battle of the Bands things. Not the same, I know, but at least you don't have to worry about being shot in the head.
I think I'd enjoy the Arquette movie…the James Wood one too. Both are good actors but haven't seen Wood's in anything lately. Ya know I'm certain I saw The Killing Fields many years ago but remember nothing about the film at all. I might have blocked it out.
"I might have blocked it out"Maybe it was the opera soundtrack. :p
I haven`t seen Beyond Rangoon (in fact I`ve never heard of it before :doh: ) but The Year of Living Dangerously and The Killing Fields are among the best movies I have ever seen :up:
Incredibly sad — yet somehow good. That's always a very strange combination, isn't it? I guess it's the old Aristotelian definition of tragedy as that which evokes fear or pity.
I will try to find it :up: