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Lola 2022-04-20 09:02:27

I watched "Nanjing Nanjing" first, so I also paid a lot of attention to "Rabe's Diary" with the same story theme,
but I didn't shake my head until I watched it in the theater today. Obviously, foreigners' filming of our story is really not deep.
Zhang Jingchu is obviously just a vase-like character
and has done nothing but foolishly introducing Japanese people to the school.
Oh, wrong, she also sparked an unspecified ambiguous relationship with a foreigner. It's incredible
that the development of the story is also mixed with Rabe, that foreign female teacher, and Mrs. Rabe's somewhat boring love triangle, which is really unflattering.
Apart from these, the war scene is almost zero, or it directly quotes history. The picture and the reenactment of the famous Japanese officer's "killing contest", or a group of foreigners dressed up to have a party at Christmas, the good and evil among Japanese officers, and some inexplicable plots
, it feels completely I can't grasp the point. After I read it, I don't have any profound place.
Maybe foreign directors are not so profound about our history. They try to understand it in their own way,
but they still highlight the kind of personal heroism. They can't let go of it. The love elements and the nondescript war killing scenes finally made up this movie.

In fact, maybe this movie is not so bad,
but it can only be blamed that his release schedule is repeated with
, but is better than him. It's so good
, that's why this movie feels a lot worse than expected

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John Rabe quotes

  • 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.

  • 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]