The title of the film is Rabe's Diary, and the perspective of the whole film is really small, which reflects the limitations of the diary. The shooting technique of the whole film is not a diary style, but more like a staged performance.
Perhaps as a Chinese, when faced with the Nanjing Massacre, it is difficult to calm down, and of course I expect a lot, expecting its true tragic and even more objective and fair reflection of history.
Perhaps the only flaw of the film is the lack of communication with the Chinese. In the film, Chinese schoolgirls, Chinese housekeepers, and Chinese civilians are all protected objects, without their own personality and three-dimensional life, and some people are too prominent , and some people are too vague, so people who watch the film always feel that only a little bit is not enough.
Therefore, what I want to say is that in that dark history, there are only remembrances and memorials. Those who should be beaten should be beaten, and those who should be praised should be praised, but don’t base praise on history, because history belongs to his nation , we can give you great respect and admiration, but we can't give you our history!
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