Salvador
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1986 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | Oliver Stone |
| Cast | James Woods, Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage, Elpidia Carrillo |
| Genre | Political war drama |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | Salvador | – |
| Español | Salvador | Salvador |
| Français | Salvador | Salvador |
| Deutsch | Salvador | Salvador |
| Português | Salvador | Salvador |
| Italiano | Salvador | Salvador |
| Русский | Сальвадор | Salvador |
| 中文（简体） | 萨尔瓦多 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 薩爾瓦多 | – |
| 한국어 | 살바도르 | Salvador |
| ไทย | Salvador | Salvador |
| Tiếng Việt | Salvador | Salvador |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Salvador | Salvador |
| 日本語 | サルバドル/遥かなる日々 | Sarubadoru harukanaru hibi |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which journalistic survival and political atrocity collide within civil war
■ Synopsis
A discredited photojournalist enters El Salvador during civil conflict and is forced to face state violence, foreign intervention, and personal responsibility.
■ RECIPE Tags
#WitnessingAtrocity #PoliticalViolence #JournalisticComplicity #CivilWar #MoralAwakening
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Witness as survival
Reason: Journalism begins as personal escape and opportunism before becoming exposure to political violence.
Related Film: The Killing Fields - Middle: Neutrality under atrocity
Reason: The observer position collapses when documentation becomes inseparable from moral responsibility.
Related Film: Under Fire - Core: State violence and foreign power
Reason: The conflict converges on a structure where local repression and external interests reinforce each other.
Related Film: Missing
■ Secondary Axes
- Reporter degradation: A damaged journalist is forced into ethical confrontation by the reality he documents.
Related Film: The Year of Living Dangerously - Civilian exposure: Political violence becomes visible through those trapped between armed power and institutional abandonment.
Related Film: No Man’s Land
■ Person
- Director: Oliver Stone
- Cast: James Woods, Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage, Elpidia Carrillo
■ Structural Tags
#WitnessStructure #AtrocityExposure #PowerIntervention
■ Attribute Tags
#AmericanFilm #1986Film #PoliticalWarDrama
