《南京！南京！》：一部纪录片可以展现事实

　　《南京！南京！》

　　IndieWire著名影评人Leonard Maltin在其博客对的影评

　　发布于当地时间6月17号12:18 分

　　中国电影人陆川在《南京！南京！》当中大胆地触及了一个宏大的主题。我曾经对南京大屠杀是一无所知；现在我觉得我了解了这段历史何等残酷。一部纪录片可以展现事实及数据，但陆川通过戏剧化的形式重述了这段历史，通过这部震撼人心的、多角度的电影讲述了人类在战争这种极端的环境中都可能沦为的状态。

　　通过黑白宽屏及手持摄像方式，导演陆川、摄影指导曹郁、美术指导郝艺等创造了一个似乎可以触摸的真实感受。制作规模空前庞大，外景场地的设计及庞大的群众演员将过去真实地呈现在观众面前。陆川的独特之处在于如何将不同的人物编织到大屠杀这个故事主线当中。影片中充满了令人发指的残暴场面；但对于暴力和邪恶的刻画并不是从片面的角度出发。我被这部电影深深的吸引。

　　令陆川意想不到的是，他的电影在中国导致了巨大的争议，因为这部电影展现南京大屠杀的角度是中国人可能从未想象过的角度：从“人”而非“敌人”的角度去看日本人和这段历史。而他的角度也而让这部电影更具戏剧性。《南京！南京！》：一部杰出的作品！

　　Leonard Maltin's positive review featured on the home page of his IndieWire blog:

　　https://blogs.indiewire.com/leonardmaltin/archives/2011/06/17/movie_review_city_of_life_and_death/#

　　https://blogs.indiewire.com/leonardmaltin/

　　Movie review: City Of Life And Death

　　Chinese filmmaker Chuan Lu has tackled a vast and ambitious subject in City of Life and Death. I knew very little about the siege on Nanjing (or Nanking, as Westerners have long referred to it) in 1937; I feel as if I understand it now, in all of its grim reality. A documentary might provide facts and figures, but Lu has used the dramatic form to personalize this story and fashion a powerful, multilayered film that shows what ordinary human beings are capable of in extreme circumstances.

　　Using widescreen, black & white imagery and a hand-held camera, he and his colleagues, including cinematographer Yu Cao and production designer Yi Hao, create a reality that seems both real and——immediate. The sheer size of the production is daunting, with entire cityscapes and many hundreds of extras bringing the past to vivid life. But Lu’s most notable achievement is the way he weaves a variety of personal stories into the larger tapestry of the rape of Nanjing. The vignettes of inhumanity at every level are horrifying and, apparently, true, yet the film never feels exploitive or voyeuristic in its depiction of violence and depravity. I watched in fascination, as one would any tragedy captured on film.

　　Incidentally, the filmmaker courted great controversy in his native China by focusing on one of the Japanese soldiers, to show the tragedy from a point of view most Chinese have never considered before. By turning “the enemy” into an identifiable human being, he elevates the drama (and discourse) significantly. City of Life and Death is a thoroughly remarkable piece of work.

　　Leonard Maltin posted to Film Reviews at 12:18 am on June 17, 2011