About two films, Nanjing and the pianist.

Nanjing, Nanjing tells a story with the Nanjing Massacre as the background. There are two clues in the film. Through the experience of an ordinary Japanese soldier and an ordinary China soldier during the Nanjing Massacre, it is revealed that 1937 Nanjing's crazy killing, rape and looting have destroyed human nature by the war. The film begins with1the fall of Nanjing in February, 937. Although a large number of Kuomintang soldiers fled the city, at the same time, there were still a large number of soldiers who did not want to surrender and launched hopeless and tragic resistance in the streets of the city. One of them is Lu (Liu Ye), the elite of the Kuomintang army. After the resistance finally failed and the blood of hundreds of thousands of China people finally dyed the Yangtze River red, the whole city of Nanjing was reduced to death. The only thing left alive is the "safety zone" in Jinling Women's College. Here, a large number of refugees have temporarily gained a breathing space because of Rabe's "Nazi" status. The actual persons in charge of refugee work in the safe area are Rabe's secretary Tang () and the returned female teacher Jiang (Gao Yuanyuan). However, in the eyes of the Japanese army, the so-called "safe zone" is just a "warehouse" that hoards a lot of female resources. And Rabe's German identity, in front of the powerful Japanese army, is just a fig leaf that can be torn off at any time. The women in China not only saved the men hiding in the refugee camps with their bodies, but also wrote a colorful history of China in front of Rabe. The image-building of Japanese soldiers is a major breakthrough in this film. As occupiers, they can certainly enjoy a normal life in a sense. However, in Nanjing, a city where the factors of war have been greatly magnified, even the occupiers can't escape the shock and even torture of their own souls even if they are only faced with the humiliation and death of others. Kakukawa (Hideo Nakaizumi) is an ordinary soldier of the Japanese 1st16th Division. Known as a "cultured man" by his teammates, he is sensitive and inexperienced, and never had a girlfriend even before he entered the war. And his companion captain Yita (Ryu Kohata) is already a veteran and professional soldier. In order to maintain the "life" of Nanjing as an occupier, I experienced various labor costs. Kakukawa finally made his choice: he sent two China survivors out of Nanking and then shot himself. This film completely broke through the previous historical and literary works about the Nanjing Massacre, deliberately obliterated the existence of China people and distorted the "incompetent China people". It provides a brand-new perspective for the world audience to understand this period of history, and it is also a brand-new writing of the national image of China people in the Nanjing catastrophe. At a new height, it provides a brand-new historical thinking for this painful past in China history. Main role: Lu (Liu Ye): a Kuomintang officer who died heroically in Nanjing after the Japanese occupation. Jiang (Gao Yuanyuan): A returned female teacher struggled to shoulder the responsibility of saving others with her weak body, and finally died under the Japanese gun. Mr. Tang (played): Rabe's secretary, from the beginning, protected herself wisely, fearing death, and finally stepped forward and died bravely, completing the nirvana of her soul. Kakukawa (Hideo Nakaizumi): Japanese aggressor. In this war, it gradually collapsed and eventually went to destruction. Behind the scenes: Nanjing! Nanjing! The two black exclamation marks are abrupt and striking. Director Lu Chuan said that this was the contact signal when the Japanese invaded Nanjing. During the filming of the film "Hoh Xil", he once said to photographer Cao Yu, "Let's shoot the Nanjing Massacre after this." For a long time after that, this sudden idea was never mentioned again, until a foreign film company sent him a script and invited him to shoot. The theme is Nanjing Massacre. But Lu Chuan can't accept this foreign script. In the plot, westerners once again play the role of Schindler to save the weak, but this time the rescued person has changed from a Jew to an China. This made him irresistible: "The significance of the Nanjing Massacre is not to save and protect outsiders. Seventy years ago, one party was the victim of the disaster and the other was the perpetrator of the disaster, but this is the same disaster that befell the two peoples. " When he began to conceive his own script, he was surprised by the current research situation of the Nanjing Massacre. On the one hand, because there was no perfect household registration system in China 70 years ago, it was extremely difficult to investigate and count the victims of the Holocaust. In addition, domestic related research and field work started late, and with the passage of time, some historical facts have begun to become blurred. On the other hand, we are used to telling this history with a wail, "and wailing is a symbol of the weak, which is not convincing to the spectators." This film was suddenly given a special meaning: among all the recent films with the theme of Nanjing Massacre, Nanjing! Nanjing! "It's the only fully localized film." From the Chinese point of view, sort out this historical fact and demonstrate this case with a serious attitude and humanity. "Lu Chuan commented on the significance of the work," connecting those real evidence chains for history by means of movies. "Truth has become the first element of this film. The movie Nanjing! "It took four years from preparation to finalization. Nanjing! " , recently finally passed the review. Director Lu Chuan excitedly announced the event on his blog and "thanked everyone for waiting". Nanjing! Nanjing! The process of submitting for trial took five months, and finally the good news was passed, but it was not easy for Lu Chuan himself. "Now that it has been reviewed, you can print and print a copy; But the music needs to be done and the sound needs to be mixed. There may be a little relief before the copy is completed. " Lu Chuan has always dreamed of "Nanjing! Nanjing! It can be shown in Japan, and I hope more people will know the truth about the Nanjing Massacre. When the reporter asked how the film was going to be released in Japan, Lu Chuan said, "This film is like my child. The task at this stage is to get him a legal birth certificate. As for being admitted to a famous university, this is the later task. As the first hero in the play, Liu Ye plays a soldier in China. At present, the outline of the story has not been exposed. Liu Ye talked about the plot of the play: "In fact, after the fall of Nanjing, hundreds of thousands of people did not surrender and fought guerrilla warfare in Nanjing. More than 1000 bloody people stood at the corner of the street against the Japanese invaders. Finally, the Japanese killed them all by plane-it's true, I played one of the officers. "For this drama, Liu Ye's greatest pride is that the whole drama is useless in body double once. But when it comes to the film itself, Liu Ye becomes serious: "We have made many war films before, and the biggest difference of this drama is that it is not so biased and exaggerated. The director very much hopes that Japanese youth can see a history that has never been mentioned in textbooks. Director: Lu Chuan Starring: Liu Ye, Gao Yuanyuan, Qin Lan, Jiang, Type: Plot/War Production: China Film Group Company Xingmei Media Group Release Time: April 22, 2009 (domestic) Plot1the first day of 900. The Virginia cruise ship docked at new york Harbor, and the bustling crowd cheered. Inspired by their dreams, dark people disembarked to meet a bright future full of possibilities. After the noise, there were few people left on board except the crew. Danny Boodman, a coal miner, sneaked into the restaurant to collect valuables left by the guests, but found nothing. Disappointed, he found a beautiful baby on the piano shelf. He picked up the baby and saw that his eyes were clear and his skin was fair. Danny Budman was very surprised by this unexpected harvest, so he took the child in and named it Danny Budman T.D. Lemon1900 (Danny boardman T.D. Raymond1900) to commemorate the adoption of the child by him on the first day of the new century. Good Danny Budman loves Xiao 1900, teaches him to read and never lets him suffer. But because there is no birth certificate and other documents, Danny Budman is afraid that 1900 will be taken away by others, so he is not allowed to leave the cabin. 1900 at the age of eight, Danny Budman died because of mechanical manipulation errors on the spaceship. When the ignorant 1900 was lost in front of Where are you going, he suddenly heard a beautiful and moving voice in the distance. He turned around and an Asian woman told him that it was music. A few days later, 1900 sneaked into the restaurant at night, and came to the piano for the exclusive musicians and other passengers during the day to play his own improvisation. The singing woke up many passengers, who were curious to find out, but they were all intoxicated by this little guy's music like nature. It was not until the music stopped that the captain went up to him and said, "1900, it's all illegal." The young 1900 looked at him and said, "Fuck the routine. "(Fuck the rules) A few years later, 1900, an adult, became a pianist in a Virginia band. Although he has never disembarked, he can fantasize about everything in the world on the piano. In a storm, he happened to meet seasick Max, and they hit it off immediately. From then on, Max became his lifelong confidant. Max appreciates his musical talent very much, but at the same time he is puzzled by his stubborn refusal to disembark. He hopes that 1900 can show his talents to the world, get recognition from the world, gain fame and fortune, and live a good life. But for 1900, the life the world yearns for is too far away to understand, so it has no attraction at all. Even if he plays the piano better than Jelly Roll Morton, the originator of jazz, and makes 1900 famous, the record publisher hopes to record it for him, so as to ensure his fame and fortune, his heart is still calm, and he is satisfied with the happiness brought by life and music. Until he met a simple and charming girl. He was recording a record that day, and the girl looked in the window and looked at him. Although the girl just looked at the mirror with the reflection of the window, he fell in love with her at once. I played a song as gentle as water. That woman is the daughter of an accordionist. The old man had a heart-to-heart talk with 1900 in the cabin. He came to America, opened a fish shop and started a new life. But 1900 can't let go. Until the last minute. ) After the recording, the publisher plays the record to 1900. He didn't give it to the publisher because he didn't allow others to take music from him. He hesitated to give the record to the girl he didn't know, but he didn't get it. 1900 can't hide his sadness. Disappointed, he destroyed the record and threw the fragments into the trash can. So he missed love. (Later, Max hid the fragments of the record in the piano of 1900, which was the only music record left by 1900. A few weeks after the girl got off the boat, 1900 was very painful. He wanted to find her. Max's persuasion and desire for love life moved him. One spring, he finally decided to get off the boat and board a strange land. On that day, all the crew waved goodbye to him. Wearing the coat that Max gave him, he slowly walked down the boat ladder. But when he was about to set foot on this land, he looked blankly at the huge city of new york and stared for a while. He suddenly picked up his hat and threw it into the distance, then turned back to the boat. He said to Max, I will never get off the boat again. From then on, he missed the world. It was not until many years later, after the war, that Max, who had already left Virginia, accidentally discovered that the dilapidated Virginia was about to be blown up. He firmly believed that 1900 was on board, but 1900 did not appear. It was not until the ship was about to be blown up that Max got the record of that year and played it alone on the ship. 1900 appeared in the corner. But 1900 insisted on getting off the boat. He told the reason why he couldn't get off the boat that year: the world was so vast that he was afraid of being unfamiliar. The streets in those cities were endless, like a piano with countless keys, which frightened him. He would rather quit the stage of life and give himself an end than face an endless and disoriented life. Max failed to persuade him to get off the boat, and finally left sadly, watching the Virginia and 1900 smashed by bombs in the distance. That day, he told the owner of the music store that he had told the boss the legendary story of 1900: 1900 died. The boss felt very sorry and returned the trumpet sold by Max because of embarrassment, telling him that a good story is more valuable than an old trumpet. With the old trumpet and the musical legend of 1900, Max left. From then on, only Max will remember the talented pianist who will never set foot on land and his legendary life. Film analysis about the film This is a poetic journey film, and the ubiquitous piano sound takes the audience into the depths of 1900. The film adopted the most extreme romantic style, which caused a bipolar reaction: some people regarded it as a masterpiece, while many people in the west regarded it as the "best-looking bad film". The disadvantage of movies lies in the characterization. The protagonist is too mysterious to penetrate his inner world and it is difficult to really sympathize with him. If we can get rid of the stage of cynicism, movies will have a romantic magic that touches people's hearts. The whole film is intertwined with Max's memory of 1900 and Max's pursuit of the whereabouts of 1900 in reality, which closely affects the hearts of the audience. The story reached its climax when Max learned from the owner of the musical instrument store that Virginian was about to be demolished. Max has never heard of 1900 since he left Virginia before the war. He firmly believes that 1900 must still be on board. He tried to delay the dismantling time and came to the wrecked ship to find the last trace of 1900. 1900 will be on board again? Nevertheless, as Max expected, he has found a place, married a wife, gave birth to a child, and mentioned that Max is their good friend after dinner ... In addition to the tortuous plot, several wonderful scenes are even more impressive, including when Max first met 1900, they loosened the fixing bolt of the piano in the stormy waves, sat in front of the piano and swayed with the boat. Facing the aggressive challenge of arrogant jelly, how did 1900 show its extraordinary piano talent and make the participants turn from contempt to shock? And the unknown girl (the daughter of an old man who plays the accordion with 1900). ), like a comet, radiates dazzling light but quickly leaves, making the faint sad and sentimental memories of 1900 more and more vivid in the light yellow image filled with the film. As for those immigrants who came to the New World by boat with dreams, they exclaimed, "America! "When they saw the Statue of Liberty. However, the joy of 1900 is also in contrast to the loneliness of watching passengers go up and down ... 1900, because of his lonely experience, he can see through people's hearts more keenly and play and create touching music. However, facing the ocean and piano all his life, everything on land has too much uncertainty for him, which has always prevented him from moving forward on land. Just as he said, "You can't see the end of the land", perhaps for 1900, you can see the horizon from the sea and sky, and cruise ships from many places sometimes stop at the port. 88 keys are limited, so he can create infinite music according to them. However, there are endless big cities on land.