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Merry Christmas on the battlefield
Ebony 2022-04-23 07:05:23
Probably Nagisa Oshima's best work. The background of the film is the prison camp in the Japanese-occupied area of Java in 1942. The conflict between four Japanese and British soldiers in different positions and the collision of Eastern and Western cultures, through homosexuality, religious customs, family affection, etc., transition to face the real meaning of the war. Reflection, It is invaluable that everyone gradually abandons the so-called correctness that they have always insisted on, and reflects on the misunderstandings and the meaning of life and responsibilities of each person under the war machine. In addition, the joining performance of the legendary superstar David Bowie and the great composer Ryuichi Sakamoto makes the quality of the whole film full of extraordinary historical significance.
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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence quotes
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Maj. Jack Celliers: What is wrong with them, Lawrence?
Col. John Lawrence: I don't know. They were a nation of anxious people. And they could do nothing individually. So they went mad, en masse. God I wish they'd stop hitting me. I don't want to hate any individual Japanese.
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Maj. Jack Celliers: What's your Christian name, by the way, Lawrence?
Col. John Lawrence: John.
Maj. Jack Celliers: John. John Lawrence. Good night, John Lawrence.