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Nanking (Film)

Published Wednesday, December 12, 2007 by The Movie Club | E-mail this post

Director: Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman
Cast: Hugo Armstrong, Mariel Hemingway, Woody Harrelson, John Getz, Stephen Dorff
RunTime: 90 mins
Genre: Documentary
Rating: NC-16

你很难以平常心看《南京》。它不象其他影片精彩夺目，只是以简单平淡的讲述，叙说这一段不可磨灭的回忆。让你反复思考的真实画面，可能会触动心底最脆弱的那一处。

日军南京大屠杀的事件，我们都有机会在书本或照片中看过，但只是把它当成历史的一部分。过去的真的就过去了吗? 遗留的黑白画面，和生存者的访谈，细细记载了人性最丑恶和脆弱的一面。

被访的日本人抽着烟，淡淡地笑着，似乎没对虐行事件没有太大的愧疚，更让看片的人感到不舒服。

走进戏院之前最好做些心里准备，感觉到戏院很沉重，很沉重。有人屏住呼吸，有人不忍哭泣，而我只能叹气，更珍惜我们现代人所拥有的一切。

" Tonight a truck passed in which there were eight or ten girls, and as it passed they called out Jiu ming! Jiu ming!" ~ Minnie Vautrin

Nanking isn't exactly the choice movie during a festive season, but definitely a necessary one to watch. We have read the stories, seen the pictures, but nothing beats listening and watching it yourself.

Though the skeptics would feel there is some kind of manipulation (using the documentary genre), its strong message would make it a relevant piece for today.

Nanking - Go prepared, for a heavy heart, for teary eyes