There is a subjective shot of Liu Ye in the film. At this time, it is almost silent, only the sound of the Japanese soldiers moving their footsteps, and these movements seem to follow the direction of the subjective shot. Obviously, this shows that these moves are deliberately made by the director. Then the Chinese shouted "China will not die" in the back, which I felt very fake. What is the director trying to express here? hope? fight? The consciousness of the common people seemed to be lifted in an instant. Think of the hands that raised the barrels of guns in the church, so many Chinese people raised their hands in silence in front of five or six Japanese.
Then there is a shot like this, which pans up from the back of a Japanese soldier, and then the corpses are painted all over the back of the wall. Such a lens has too much visual impact. Even if the foreigners watching this movie, everyone will be shocked.
So this movie should be said that the camera vision is greater than the storyline. When I saw the second half of the movie, I couldn't help but sigh, why do people feel so heavy after watching this movie? This is the director's intentional creation, and he created it very successfully.
Lu Chuan has a common technique in this film, that is, among a group of Chinese people, one person always comes out to take the lead in making a move, and then two or three come out, and then more and more people. This is how almost every mass incident is handled. Maybe it's actually like this, but it makes me feel uncomfortable watching it every time. This is obviously to exaggerate the atmosphere. The more the number of times, the audience will guess what your next shot will be, and the shock will be weakened.
Lu Chuan said that making this film is to let people understand what human nature may become in war.
To be honest, there are not too full of characters in this movie. Kadokawa has always been a kind-hearted individual, and the war is only destroying his inner hope and belief. Of course in such a huge tragic event, how each individual changes is very small. Kadokawa's kindness may have something to do with his level of education, but how did other brutal Japanese develop their psychology? The film does not explain. Those people still give us the impression that "they were born bad." Just like why Lu Jianxiong insisted on resisting? The tenacity of Chinese soldiers? So why does he have this quality when so many fleeing soldiers don't? Such a special case does not have a foreshadowing, it can only be a special case.
On the contrary, I think Fan Wei's character portrayal is a bit interesting. During the war, his primary concern was with his loved ones, and he could do anything for their safety. This is actually a very natural emotion. So even if he betrayed his own people we can not say that he is completely insane.
As a Chinese, I think it's really complicated to evaluate movies. As far as film art itself is concerned, "Nanjing! Nanjing! ”, I think there are many good points, and there are also shortcomings. The problem is that you put your skills on such a sensitive and heavy subject, relying on the lens and visual impact in exchange for the audience's resonance, which seems awkward, even a bit low-level.
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