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the end of failure
Shanie 2022-04-24 07:01:23
Before watching the movie, I thought this movie would make enough tears, but in fact the tone of the whole movie is low and calm. There is no "moving plot" specially made. So I have to tell myself that this is a good film, but at the end, when Rabe left Nanjing, there was a crowd of people saying goodbye at the wharf, holding signs and applauding and saying goodbye. The camera even gave a close-up of a smiling middle-aged woman. I don't know if there is such a scene of seeing off in history, but I believe that after the massacre, even if there is a crowd to see off because of gratitude, the atmosphere will never be like that. It should be dignified, lost, and grateful. . . So at the end I think the impression of the movie is suddenly reversed, giving people an unreal feeling.
Extended Reading
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John Rabe: Chang, what's the point in you having a head?
Chang: So that it not rain into my neck.
John Rabe: Quite right.
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Dr. Robert Wilson: I don't like Nazis.
Valérie Dupres: He isn't a Nazi.
Dr. Robert Wilson: Yes he is.
Valérie Dupres: He's just a member of the party.
Dr. Robert Wilson: Which makes him a Nazi.
Valérie Dupres: Are you a member of the church?
Dr. Robert Wilson: Yeah, so what?
Valérie Dupres: What do you think of witch burning?
Dr. Robert Wilson: Ah, well, looking at you, maybe it wasn't such a bad idea.