US documentary on Nanjing Massacre to be screened in China

时间：2007-07-05 03:09:53

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July 4 - A U.S. documentary chronicling Japan's notorious 1937 invasion of the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing will open in Chinese theaters on July 7, the 70th anniversary of the War of Resistance against Japan.

 

The 90-minute documentary, "Nanking" (the old spelling of the city's name), features interviews with Chinese survivors1 and Japanese soldiers, along with pictures, letters and diaries read by actors portraying2 Westerners who helped save more than 200,000 Chinese refugees in Nanjing.

 

The documentary also includes film footage shot by John Magee, an Episcopal pastor3 in Nanjing from 1912 to 1940, who recorded the massacre4 and rescued many Chinese people.

 

On July 7, 1937, the intruding5 Japanese forces assaulted Lugou Bridge and Chinese soldiers responded by gun fire. This has been known as the Lugou Bridge Incident, or "July 7 Incident," which marked the beginning of the War of Resistance against Japan in China.

 

The Nanjing Massacre occurred in December 1937 when the Japanese troops occupied the then capital of China. More than 300,000 Chinese are believed to have been murdered and thousands raped8.

 

Ted6 Leonsis, the film's producer, said the decision to put the Nanjing Massacre on screen was made after he read the Rape7 of Nanking, written by Chinese American author Iris9 Chang in early 2005.

 

Leonsis, also AOL vice10 chairman, said he was ashamed of his ignorance of the atrocity11 and realized that most Americans had no idea what had happened in China in the winter of 1937.

 

In the summer of 2005, Leonsis invited the Academy Award-winning writer/director team of Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman to shoot the documentary.

 

To find the materials that would bring the story of Nanking to life, Guttentag, Sturman and their production team collected thousands of pages of letters, journals and diaries for three months by trawling original sources and archives in the United States, Europe and Asia.

 

In China, they met historians, archivists, and scholars who told them where to look for the best photographs and footage in China and across the world.

 

The team also interviewed 22 survivors in the cities of Nanjing, Suzhou and Shanghai.

 

Filming in Japan was more difficult. The production team said it was challenging to find former Japanese soldiers willing to talk about their experiences in Nanjing. The Japanese soldiers who participated in the film were found through members of the Japanese peace movement.

 

Upon returning from Asia, the Nanking production team began the final piece of the filming -- the staged reading with actors. Filming took place in Los Angeles in August 2006.

 

The documentary was narrated12 by Woody Harrelson, Stephen Dorff and Mariel Hemingway.

 

In January 2007, the documentary debuted13 at Sundance Film Festival where it received the Editing Award. In April, it won the Humanitarian14 Award for Best Documentary at Hong Kong International Film Festival.

 

The documentary was premiered in Beijing on Tuesday. In North America, it will be released by THINKFilm in December to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the massacres15 in Nanking.

 
 

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1 survivors 02ddbdca4c6dba0b46d9d823ed2b4b62     
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
  • survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者
2 portraying e079474ea9239695e7dc3dd2bd0e7067     
v.画像( portray的现在分词 )；描述；描绘；描画
参考例句：
  • The artist has succeeded in portraying my father to the life. 那位画家把我的父亲画得惟妙惟肖。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Ding Ling was good at portraying figures through careful and refined description of human psychology. 《莎菲女士的日记》是丁玲的成名作，曾引起强烈的社会反响。 来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
3 pastor h3Ozz     
n.牧师，牧人
参考例句：
  • He was the son of a poor pastor.他是一个穷牧师的儿子。
  • We have no pastor at present:the church is run by five deacons.我们目前没有牧师：教会的事是由五位执事管理的。
4 massacre i71zk     
n.残杀，大屠杀；v.残杀，集体屠杀
参考例句：
  • There was a terrible massacre of villagers here during the war.在战争中，这里的村民惨遭屠杀。
  • If we forget the massacre,the massacre will happen again!忘记了大屠杀，大屠杀就有可能再次发生！
5 intruding b3cc8c3083aff94e34af3912721bddd7     
v.侵入，侵扰，打扰( intrude的现在分词)；把…强加于
参考例句：
  • Does he find his new celebrity intruding on his private life? 他是否感觉到他最近的成名侵扰了他的私生活？
  • After a few hours of fierce fighting,we saw the intruding bandits off. 经过几小时的激烈战斗，我们赶走了入侵的匪徒。 来自《简明英汉词典》
6 ted 9gazhs     
vt.翻晒，撒，撒开
参考例句：
  • The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
  • She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
7 rape PAQzh     
n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸
参考例句：
  • The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
  • He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。
8 raped 7a6e3e7dd30eb1e3b61716af0e54d4a2     
v.以暴力夺取，强夺( rape的过去式和过去分词 )；强奸
参考例句：
  • A young woman was brutally raped in her own home. 一名年轻女子在自己家中惨遭强暴。 来自辞典例句
  • We got stick together, or we will be having our women raped. 我们得团结一致，不然我们的妻女就会遭到蹂躏。 来自辞典例句
9 iris Ekly8     
n.虹膜，彩虹
参考例句：
  • The opening of the iris is called the pupil.虹膜的开口处叫做瞳孔。
  • This incredible human eye,complete with retina and iris,can be found in the Maldives.又是在马尔代夫，有这样一只难以置信的眼睛，连视网膜和虹膜都刻画齐全了。
10 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
11 atrocity HvdzW     
n.残暴，暴行
参考例句：
  • These people are guilty of acts of great atrocity.这些人犯有令人发指的暴行。
  • I am shocked by the atrocity of this man's crimes.这个人行凶手段残忍狠毒使我震惊。
12 narrated 41d1c5fe7dace3e43c38e40bfeb85fe5     
v.故事( narrate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
  • Some of the story was narrated in the film. 该电影叙述了这个故事的部分情节。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Defoe skilfully narrated the adventures of Robinson Crusoe on his desert island. 笛福生动地叙述了鲁滨逊·克鲁索在荒岛上的冒险故事。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
13 debuted b3e2d85131439fe8678f6628fda0ec90     
初次表演，初次登台（debut的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
  • In late 2003 a full-size SUV, the Pathfinder Armada, debuted. 2003年末，全尺寸SUV的探路者无敌舰队，推出。
  • The album debuted at number two and quickly went platinum. 专辑一亮相就荣登排行榜第二名，很快就取得了白金销量。
14 humanitarian kcoxQ     
n.人道主义者，博爱者，基督凡人论者
参考例句：
  • She has many humanitarian interests and contributes a lot to them.她拥有很多慈善事业，并作了很大的贡献。
  • The British government has now suspended humanitarian aid to the area.英国政府现已暂停对这一地区的人道主义援助。
15 massacres f95a79515dce1f37af6b910ffe809677     
大屠杀( massacre的名词复数 )； 惨败
参考例句：
  • The time is past for guns and killings and massacres. 动不动就用枪、动不动就杀、大规模屠杀的时代已经过去了。 来自教父部分
  • Numberless recent massacres were still vivid in their recollection. 近来那些不可胜数的屠杀，在他们的头脑中记忆犹新。

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