The Year of Living Dangerously 1982

I've developed a real interest in movies depicting civil conflict as witnessed by reporters. Recommendations?

Feb 27, 2009 by Ryan T | Posted in History

Here are some of the ones I've liked:

El Salvador – Salvador - 1986
Indonesia – The Year of Living Dangerously - 1982
Cambodia – The Killing Fields - 1984
Nicaragua – Under Fire - 1983
Sierra Leone -

Only the big one:

Battle Of Algiers.

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Year of Living Dangerously trailer

The Year of Living Dangerously - Kwan's Sacrifice

The Year of Living Dangerously is a 1982 film directed by Peter Weir. It starred Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver and Linda Hunt, who won several ...

A good story drives Weaver's role choices

25.09.11

Sigourney Weaver says she laughs whenever someone says she plays strong, independent female characters.

And yet, that's the impression characters such as Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley in four "Alien" films, naturalist Dian Fossey in "Gorillas in the Mist" and Dr. Grace Augustine in "Avatar" make.

Weaver says that impression comes from the character's development as she works on each role she takes.

"I think the characters I have played are women who have to find their strength," she says by telephone from New York City before flying to Kazakhstan for a film festival. "I think, for the most part, I've played women who may be good at what they do, but they're tested in a way they haven't been before. I think I always start a character not feeling very strong. Usually they've got a lot going on that makes them feel quite vulnerable and in the course of the story, they come out strong."

Born Susan Alexandra Weaver on Oct. 8, 1949, in New York, Weaver grew up there as the daughter of an actress, Elizabeth Inglis, and a television executive, Sylvester "Pat" Weaver.

Source: South Bend Tribune