Nanjing! Nanjing! Nanjing! The Second World War cannot escape the severe disaster in China, and the Japanese war of aggression in the last century cannot escape the blood-scarred Nanjing. Nanjing, the ancient capital of the six dynasties, after being baptized by glory and bloody dust, still shows the world the strong perseverance of the Chinese nation with her ancient and solemn appearance. A city in turmoil, this is Nanjing in 1930, it is Jinling in the past, and it is also Nanjing that endured severe pain in "Rabe's Diary".
When the Japanese bombed, the air-raid siren rang through the sky, and the radio waves penetrated my eardrums. I finally understood where the involuntary grief came from every time I heard the air-raid siren go off. This is the feeling that the historical imprints experienced by our ancestors remain in the blood of the Chinese people. It is a reflection on the facts that everyone cannot escape from the perspective of history, and a mournful tribute to the compatriots. I respect "Rabe's Diary", which preserves Nanjing in 1930 in the complicated and confusing way of world history, and makes this fact play its due value.
However, since it is said that the full version is five hours, I only watched the part of more than two hours, so I don't think "Rabe Diaries" belongs to a completely objective description of facts. The description of the Japanese officers and the tragic massacre in the film is too weak, and the focus is on the conflict between the safe zone and the Japanese invaders, and suddenly the noble morale of the group headed by Rabe. I have no objection to them being noble, but Rabe probably didn't think that when he wrote his diary, he would be praised by later people for his great merit. The beginning of the film is quite touching, but the humanitarianism in the back is too high, and it does not deviate from the effect that capital investors want to achieve. I sing a high praise all the way to end the whole film, but I still respect Rabe and " Rabe's Diary.
In addition: the kind Japanese officer in the film is really dazzling, the Nazis that the Germans believe in, and the Hitler they believe in are no different from Japan, just another executioner who slaughtered and mutilated in another world.
Nanjing, our Nanjing, the Nanjing with a long history and a painful memory! !
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