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I read Rabe’s diary
Kaci 2022-01-22 08:03:47
John Rabe is far better thanThis movie is even more memorable. I watched the movie twice, watched it in the cinema and watched it again on my home computer. It is a semi-autobiographical movie that is too usual to be ordinary. The movie is from Rabe's perspective and tells him about Personal experience in the Nanjing Massacre, a German perspective may not be able to see every corner of Nanjing or China. A movie is not enough to tell the ugly behavior of the Japanese invaders and the history of the Chinese people’s struggle. It is just a fragment, a German A fragment of Rabe’s experience in China. The Rabe described in the movie uses a purely subjective point of view to portray Rabe as a Chinese hero. At the end of the film, thousands of people chanted "RABE" to send him away. The "hero" image throughout the film is rendered to the extreme. Objectively speaking, Rabe is not a "savior", but as a German who has been working in China for 27 years, he can resolutely give up the opportunity to return to China with his wife when his life is threatened. To stay and assume the responsibility of the chairman of the "International Security Council" is a decision that requires courage and a sense of responsibility. When seeing countless Chinese people being mutilated, Rabe's heartache as a foreigner is truly from human nature Yes. There are also characters in the film that impressed me very much, Dr. Wilson. I don’t know whether the vivid performance of the actor Buscemi or the charm of Dr. Wilson as a supporting role touched me. In the film, Wilson faces the Japanese muzzle in order to save a Chinese soldier. The phrase "shot me, get it." made me unforgettable. In the middle of the film narration, the protagonist developed from Rabe to a few foreigners in the "International Security Council" mainly Rabe. I have seen someone say, "When the Chinese people outside were in dire straits, these'international friends' were still drinking brandy and eating turkey and cakes for Christmas." I want to say that they are not "living bodhisattvas" and they can't save all Chinese people. , What they can do may be very little for the Chinese people, but what they stay in China is to give up their lives. For the Chinese people who have never known them. In the latter part of the film, these foreigners and Chinese people stand together in the world. When confronting the Japanese with live ammunition at the entrance of the safe zone, and defending the safe zone with my life, I was moved by their spirit. It is an exaggeration to say that Rabe has protected more than 200,000 people in Nanjing. But as a Chinese,We should not forget the brutality of the Japanese invaders, the struggle of the entire Chinese nation, and the Rabes who gave up their lives for the Chinese people. The villain in the film impressed me more deeply, Hatohiko Asakamiya. There are not many shots of him in the film, but no matter what his gestures are, they all reflect his ambition and brutality as an aggressor. As a Japanese imperial family and a lieutenant general, he does not have the elegance of the royal family and the majesty of a soldier, we see It is more like a despicable gangster who lacks humanity, and the loss of humanity is also the epitome of the Japanese invaders. It supports the protagonist Rabe's deep human conscience. In general, the film "Rabe's Diary" no matter how it is filmed It is still quite satisfactory in terms of plot setting. For Chinese audiences, there is less nationalism and more personal heroism. The film has created many lifelike images for the audience, righteous John Rabe and upright Robert Wilson The grumbling but active Georg Rosen, the insidious and brutal careerist Hatohiko Asakamiya, etc. The only thing lacking is the description of the Chinese in the Nanjing Massacre. The Chinese in this movie have always been in a disadvantaged position. It only appears in the asylum of foreigners or the killing of Japanese people. In fact, the Chinese are also fighting and fighting! This is the least recognized place in China for this movie.I have always been in a disadvantaged position, only appearing in the asylum of foreigners or the killing of Japanese people. In fact, the Chinese are also fighting and fighting! This is also the place where this movie is least recognized in China.I have always been in a disadvantaged position, only appearing in the asylum of foreigners or the killing of Japanese people. In fact, the Chinese are also fighting and fighting! This is also the place where this movie is least recognized in China.
Extended Reading
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Colonel Nakajima Kesago: He disobeyed the rules by not staying in the car.
John Rabe: He didn't stay in the car? His head was cut off!
Colonel Nakajima Kesago: It was an honorable death. A contest between two officers. Very popular in Japan.
John Rabe: What contest?
Colonel Nakajima Kesago: Who decapitates the most enemies.
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John Rabe: To the Führer of the German people. Chancellor Adolf Hitler. My Führer. As a loyal party member and upstanding German. I turn to you in a time of great need. The Japanese Imperial troops conquered the city of Nanking on December 12, 1937. Since then I have witnessed atrocious crimes against civilians. Please help to end this catastrophe and make an appeal to our Japanese allies in the name of humanity. With a German salute.
[Rabe signs the letter]