"John HD Rabe Diary" is a commercial film of mediocre quality. Its foothold is the universal feelings in the hearts of Westerners, and this feeling and Nanjing Massacre have made Chinese people feel heartbroken every time they mention it for 60 years. When the national catastrophe is combined, the narrative of "John HD Rabe's Diary" appears superficial and one-sided. The Film Bureau has always been strict in censoring foreign films that involve China, but it has given the green light to such films that devalue or even vilify the Chinese to highlight the posture of the savior of the West. It is really puzzled. After all, the Chinese people in the film only reacted in panic, blind obedience, selfishness, and ignorance in the face of the massacre. They seemed to exist specifically to cause trouble to John HD Rabe and others. They were purely a group of lambs waiting to be rescued by the West
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John Rabe Negative Reviews
2022-01-22 08:03
Extended Reading
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Jocelyn 2022-03-15 09:01:10
How to say it, maybe because of the perspective of foreigners, many things have become superficial. The whole film really focuses on Rabe’s life rather than the Nanjing Massacre. Many scenes in it are handled too plainly, so The background of the film is pale and weak, but Rabe's portrayal is still very complete, but shouldn't it be the most essential to move people back? The dubbing of the domestic version especially ruined the whole film, I need to watch the original version...
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Madalyn 2022-03-17 09:01:08
Go to the theater to watch "John Rabe" (John Rabe), the audience is mostly German, and very few Chinese. I don't know how many people came to watch German award-winning films with German protagonists, and how many people came to review history. In the beheading match seen in the door, the girls were forced to undress and slaughter prisoners of war... Although there were still commercial film routines and there were not many massacre scenes, the expression of the humiliation of the Japanese in wartime, the depth of criticism, was far superior. "Nanjing! Nanjing! 》
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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.
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