1. City of Life and Death - Rotten Tomatoes
Audience Reviews · Bogdan M From my perspective, "City of Life and Death" is a profoundly challenging film to watch. · Gabby B Excellent movie. · Soegiarto M ...
The stories of a conflicted Japanese soldier (Hideo Nakaizumi) and a Chinese officer (Ye Liu) draw attention to the atrocities committed by Japanese forces during the 1937 occupation of Nanking.
2. City of Life and Death | Film review - The Guardian
17 apr 2010 · Saw this tonight and thought it was excellent. Very dark and harrowingbut very human at the same time which is rare in these films I think.
Lu Chuan's re-creation of the siege of Nanjing in 1938 is relentlessly horrific, says Philip French
3. City of Life and Death — Cineaste Magazine
These three agendas—political, cultural, commercial—wage a battle within City of Life and Death that's as compelling as the one the film depicts. The film ...
Produced by Sanping Han and Steffen Wild; written and directed by Lu Chuan; cinematography by Yu Cao; edited by Yun Teng; starring Liu Ye, Fan Wei, Hideo Nakaizumi, and Gao Yuanyuan. B&W, 132 mins., Mandarin with English subtitles. A National Geographic World Films release, www.nationalgeographic.com/movies.
4. City of Life and Death Reviews - Metacritic
This movie is worth watching solely for its craftsmanship, its cinematography and reconstruction of the war zone are among the best in my recent memory. Yet it ...
In December 1937, the Imperial Japanese Army laid siege to the Chinese capital of Nanking, killing as many as 300,000 citizens during a six-week reign of terror, the details of which Japan and China dispute to this day. Shot in dazzling black-and-white Cinemascope, City of Life and Death is a visionary re-telling of one of the most horrific chapters in modern Asian history, and an unforgettable masterpiece of contemporary world cinema. (Kino International)
5. This Film With 92% on Rotten Tomatoes Is the Most Brutal and ...
22 aug 2024 · City of Life and Death depicts the 1937-1938 Nanjing massacre with shocking realism through impressive filmmaking craft. · The harrowing film was ...
This harrowing film walks a razor's edge between gut-wrenching storytelling and technical prowess.
6. City of Life and Death - Reviews - Reverse Shot
11 mei 2011 · An aesthetically ambitious blockbuster, City of Life and Death forces us to again wrestle with some of the arguments usually provoked by Holocaust films.
For viewers on the mainland, City of Life and Death is an unprecedented opportunity to see one of the most devastating episodes in the nationâs history elevated through a universalizing, readily exportable cinematic language.
7. City of Life and Death - Reeling Reviews
But it is this humanity, standing beside horrific crimes against same, which makes "City of Life and Death" one of the greatest war films. Nothing is black and ...
Shortly after the beginning of the Second-Sino-Japanese War in 1937, Japanese troops captured the capital of the Chinese republic – Nanking. The atrocities that fell upon the survivors came to be known as the Rape of Nanking and writer-director Lu Chuan tells the story of the “City of Life and Death.”
8. The Horror Of War In The 'City Of Life And Death' - NPR
21 jun 2011 · Lu Chuan's film City of Life and Death tells the story of the Rape of Nanking, a 1937 attack by Japanese soldiers on a city in China.
Lu Chuan's film City of Life and Death tells the story of the Rape of Nanking, a 1937 attack by Japanese soldiers on a city in China. The film has provoked controversy from both Japanese and Chinese viewers, but the director says he wanted to create a picture of humanity, not an indictment of a nation.
9. City of Life and Death - Movie Reviews - Rotten Tomatoes
Exquisitely shot in black and white, with a rare attention to detail and dramatic complexity, "City of Life and Death" is a timelessly great film that commands ...
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10. Review: Lu Chuan's City of Life and Death on Kino Lorber Blu-ray
26 okt 2011 · This film is often chaotic, but not in the overwrought manner others of its ilk tend to be. Instead, it's strangely (and eerily) quiet, with ...
City of Life and Death’s surface is harrowingly beautiful, but it doesn’t provide enough ground to glide along for over two hours.
11. City of Life and Death (2009) directed by Lu Chuan • Reviews, film + cast
In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of China.
In 1937, during the height of the Second Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army has just captured Nanjing, then-capital of the Republic of China. What followed was known as the Nanking Massacre, or the Rape of Nanking, a six week period wherein tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed.