Nanjing! Nanjing! Official
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Disc Reviews by M. W. Phillips on August 29th, 2012
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Released in 2009, (Chinese: 南京! 南京!; Nánjīng! Nánjīng! ) is a landmark historical war drama written and directed by Lu Chuan . Eschewing traditional patriotic tropes, the film uses stark black-and-white cinematography and a multi-perspective narrative to depict the 1937 Battle of Nanjing and the subsequent six-week massacre. Multiple Perspectives on a Human Tragedy
City of Life and Death: A Haunting Reframing of the Nanjing Massacre
Rather than following a single hero, the film weaves together a tapestry of loosely intertwining fates from both sides of the conflict.
Mark Phillips
Nanjing! Nanjing! Official
Released in 2009, (Chinese: 南京! 南京!; Nánjīng! Nánjīng! ) is a landmark historical war drama written and directed by Lu Chuan . Eschewing traditional patriotic tropes, the film uses stark black-and-white cinematography and a multi-perspective narrative to depict the 1937 Battle of Nanjing and the subsequent six-week massacre. Multiple Perspectives on a Human Tragedy
City of Life and Death: A Haunting Reframing of the Nanjing Massacre Nanjing! Nanjing!
Rather than following a single hero, the film weaves together a tapestry of loosely intertwining fates from both sides of the conflict. Released in 2009, (Chinese: 南京
08/29/2012 @ 3:42 pm
I’m actually looking forward to checking this one out. Serbian Film would have been better if not for all the hype surrounding the film. Salo ranks up there with this other film Sweet Movie as beautiful repulsing films I’ll never watch again.
I’m equally repulsed and intrigued by the concept of this film though.