Talk:Nanking (2007 film)

Removing promotional text copied from NANKING film web site

The following appears to be lifted right from the film's web site, and could therefore be considered mirroring WP:NOT#MIRROR or advertising WP:ADVERT. David Spalding (☎ ✉ ✍) 05:39, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

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Nanking is a documentary film that tells the story of the Nanking massacre, one of the most tragic events in history. In the winter of 1937, the invading Japanese army murdered over 200,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese. In the midst of the horror, a small group of European and American expatriates banded together to save 250,000 -- an act of extraordinary heroism.

Reading from letters and diaries, actors bring to life the Western missionaries, professors, and businessmen who risked their own lives daily to protect innocent Chinese from slaughter. Through these performances, Nanking unfolds as if the event is happening before our eyes.

At the heart of the film is John Rabe (Jügen Prochnow), a German businessman who has been called the Oskar Schindler of China. A chief architect of the Safety Zone that rescued thousands in Nanking, Rabe stands bravely alongside Bob Wilson (Woody Harrelson), the only surgeon remaining to care for legions of victims, and Minnie Vautrin (Mariel Hemingway), an educator who passionately defends the lives and honor of Nanking's women.

These performances and others are interwoven with original interviews of Chinese survivors who tell their own stories in heartbreaking detail; with chilling archival footage of the events; and with testimonies of Japanese soldiers who participated in the rampage.

Funding

Web mogul spends his money on Nanking documentary--Daveswagon 16:38, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

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This article is fully-editable. Cheers. --MZMcBride 20:47, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

{{Editprotected}} I need to add some headings to the Film Credits section. I would like to add co-producer line producers associate producers

Thanks!

Links to watch Nanking online (free, with ads), should we add them to the page?

http://www.hulu.com/nanking http://www.snagfilms.com/films/title/nanking/ Xudong Guan (talk) 06:14, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

BBC article hopeless useless....

The BBC article referring to the Beijing launch of the film is hopelessly biased. Here are a few issues with it, let me give you a very simple analysis:

1. "It is doubtful, though, it will ever be shown in Japan, where historians claim the massacre has been exaggerated."

This part of the article does not indicate that although there are heated debate in Japan regarding its war crimes, the international response and appraisal is quite unanimous. It's similar to the Holocaust Denial movement (except that Holocaust Denial is almost always despised upon in the West, while the Japanese war crime denial is sometimes given credit). Furthermore, the article does not indicate that most of such historians in Japan are almost always right-wing nationalists. Much of the left-wing elements and even middle-way political elements of Japan actively condemn the actions of Imperial Japan.

2. China has long contended that 300,000 people died in the attack, but a group of MPs from Japan's governing party recently said no more than 20,000 were killed.

This part of the article also seems to suggest the argument on the war crime issue is btwn the People's Republic of China (ooooh, communist china) vs. Japan (the democratic and global electronic/tech exporter of Japan). It mentions nothing regarding any academic studies of the war.

3. Some experts argue a more accurate estimate is between 150,000 and 200,000.

Who are these experts? Chinese? Japanese? American?

As I hope most people can see, this article is hopelessly useless or maybe even biased on purpose for containing these weasel words/phrases. I wouldn't go as far as calling it a white-washing of Japanese war crimes (god knows many others do a much better job of it). But here's my (personal) input on the matter: the Western (especially American) guilt for the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is a bigger element in the Western psyche than feeling sorry for the poor Chinese (and other Asians) who were slaughtered by the Japanese army during WWII. In fact, growing up in Canada, I have NEVER (until high school history courses, very lightly glossed over) learned about Japanese War atrocities, but have been on numerous occasions, learned how much "the West owns the Japanese people" for dropping those two atom bombs on Japan.

I rest my case. And if you want to call me biased, fine. Maybe I am. But then again, are YOU not? Children of the dragon (talk) 09:55, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

WP:Japan Assessment Commentary

A concise and balanced article concerning a very touchy subject; nevertheless, the majority of the article focuses on the topic at hand: the film. Any controversy related to the historical event should be used in the context of the film, and I believe the write of this article has done that. Points for improvement:

• References. Gotta have those in-line citations. Like in the "Plot" section". If you took the BBC melodrama plot synopsis and pared it down to information solely about the plot, then cite it.
• Coverage: Since it was released in 2007, it appears the article needs some updating. The article states: "According to BBC News, it is unlikely that the film will ever be shown in Japan." So, was it shown in Japan? What was the reception there?

Good luck! Boneyard90 (talk) 18:31, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

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