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** They definitely did not want "a brotherhood of man" and were lacking in the "all the people sharing all the world" department. The Khmer Rouge were extremely nationalist and demonized the Vietnamese and various other groups as inherent enemies of the Cambodian people, rather than seeing them as brothers. They also wanted to seize lands controlled by Vietnam; it's kinda against the spirit of "all the people sharing all the world" to say that some lands belong to one subset of people, rather than all humanity. (Arguably, this also means they failed in the "no possessions" front, as well as "no countries".) The film shows some glimpses of this when Pran talks about the Khmer Rouge's plan to attack Vietnam.
** They definitely did not want "a brotherhood of man" and were lacking in the "all the people sharing all the world" department. The Khmer Rouge were extremely nationalist and demonized the Vietnamese and various other groups as inherent enemies of the Cambodian people, rather than seeing them as brothers. They also wanted to seize lands controlled by Vietnam; it's kinda against the spirit of "all the people sharing all the world" to say that some lands belong to one subset of people, rather than all humanity. (Arguably, this also means they failed in the "no possessions" front, as well as "no countries".) The film shows some glimpses of this when Pran talks about the Khmer Rouge's plan to attack Vietnam.
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* At the end of the film when Pran and Sydney meet each other again at the refugee camp, the two men hug while [[Music/JohnLennon "Imagine"]] plays in the background. It seem heartwarming at first, however, if you actually look at the song's lyrics, a lot of the ideas that Lennon advocated for in his song was exactly what the Khmer Rouge seek to achieve. E.g. "no religion", "no possessions", "a brotherhood of man", "all the people sharing all the world", etc. Was it meant to be ironic and show the viewers how even noble ideas can be corrupted, or was it meant to show how the western liberals were ignorant in advocating for that kind of society?
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* At the end of the film when Pran and Sydney meet each other again at the refugee camp, the two men hug while [[Music/JohnLennon "Imagine"]] plays in the background. It seem heartwarming at first, however, if you actually look at the song's lyrics, a lot of the ideas that Lennon advocated for in his song was exactly what the Khmer Rouge seek to achieve. E.g. "no religion", "no possessions", "a brotherhood of man", "all the people sharing all the world", etc. Was it meant to be ironic and show the viewers how even noble ideas can be corrupted, or was it meant to show how the western liberals were ignorant in advocating for that kind of society?society?
* That was not what the Khmer Rouge sought to achieve.
* That was not what the Khmer Rouge sought to achieve.
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* At the end of the film when Pran and Sydney meet each other again at the refugee camp, the two men hug while [[JohnLennon [[Music/JohnLennon "Imagine"]] plays in the background. It seem heartwarming at first, however, if you actually look at the song's lyrics, a lot of the ideas that Lennon advocated for in his song was exactly what the Khmer Rouge seek to achieve. E.g. "no religion", "no possessions", "a brotherhood of man", "all the people sharing all the world", etc. Was it meant to be ironic and show the viewers how even noble ideas can be corrupted, or was it meant to show how the western liberals were ignorant in advocating for that kind of society?
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* At the end of the film when Pran and Sydney meet each other again at the refugee camp, the two men hug while [[JohnLennon "Imagine"]] plays in the background. It seem heartwarming at first, however, if you actually look at the song's lyrics, a lot of the ideas that Lennon advocated for in his song was exactly what the Khmer Rouge seek to achieve. E.g. "no religion", "no possessions", "a brotherhood of man", "all the people sharing all the world", etc. Was it meant to be ironic and show the viewers how even noble ideas can be corrupted, or was it meant to show how the western liberals were ignorant in advocating for that kind of society?
