The Flowers of War

[honeybun]

knloregon, i think you're in a position to appreciate "Not One Less" in a unique and valuable way. there's a saying that "becoming a parent makes you a parent to all children." but while my heart breaks for the runaway boy in this way, i can only imagine having a child who may very well have been narrowly saved from that very kind of desperate life, and then seeing the boy describe his experience in the city in such a simple, direct, yet so heart-wrenching a way. that was very powerful to me.

 

warpedbored and A Mafan, thanks for some recommendations that will be going on my list of movies to see, along with Flowers of War

[knloregon]

" i can only imagine having a child who may very well have been narrowly saved from that very kind of desperate life, and then seeing the boy describe his experience in the city in such a simple, direct, yet so heart-wrenching a way. that was very powerful to me. " HB

 

 

Honeybun, Your's could be the final words for this thread, they are so preceptive. But I guess I would add: AM ---People change. Look at Clint Eastwood's late work. Almost every trait you prescribe to Zhang Yimou in negative form DOESN'T EXIST in Not One Less. In fact, criticism isn't that its overwrought ---but that its too slow! It plays out almost in real time, and it shows a very young Chinese teacher without any resources --- except her own determination. And yes, there is some very naturally found humor in the spectacular setting of this film.

[Guest ExChinaExpat]

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[Randy W]

Some photos of the Nanjing holocaust museum. No photos allowed inside.

 

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[Guest ExChinaExpat]

Thanks Randy. I tried to post the images, but not able to use tinypic in China, and did not know how to insert the images into the thread. They are just a few photos from outside the museum, as they do not allow photos inside.

[Randy W]

Thanks Randy. I tried to post the images, but not able to use tinypic in China, and did not know how to insert the images into the thread. They are just a few photos from outside the museum, as they do not allow photos inside.

 

 

I haven't had much trouble with tinypic (except that their 'captcha' thing is a pain in the rear), although I use Photobucket now.

 

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My VPN is working good enough now that I keep it on all the time.

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[knloregon]

Thanks for posting the Nanjing Holocaust pictures---seems that the Chinese are still willing to confront, and present-- in its official monuments images unacceptable, or at least controversial to the rest of the world. --- unlike the US that makes it a democratic process of sorts, and waters down the final results--( although, I happen to like the VN memorial) The second picture shows a sitting young baby crying--the only human image that isn't distorted and tortured by death--perhaps simply separated from his parents? --or now an orphan?

 

---the truth is---its an appeal to the West----this is based on one of only a very few (American pre-war) photos of the holocaust which actually punctured the consciousness of the American people---disinclined to think much of Chinese suffering at the time. (none of the Rape of Nanking" photos were known to the American public).

 

----Its a picture by a press photographer working for the United Press International --- and the baby is not just sitting there, abandoned, but is rather, horribly burned after a Japanese bombing attack, and in his last moments of life.

[knloregon]

Update----and correction.

 

Still haven't found the name of the photo correspondent --- but the famous photo is known as: "Bloody Saturday" --- and documents an air raid by Japanese forces on civilians in Shanghai---shown is Shanghai's South railroad station, the raid took place on August 28, 1937.