Nanking
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- Synopsis
- Filmmaker Bill Guttentag takes a closer look at the atrocities committed by the Japanese after Nanking fell to the Imperial Japanese Army in 1937 with this documentary that was inspired by Iris Chang's novel The Rape of Nanking....
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- Starring
- Hugo Armstrong, Rosalind Chao, Stephen Dorff, John Getz, Mariel Hemingway
- Director(s)
- Dan Sturman, Bill Guttentag
- Distributor(s)
- ThinkFilm
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 90 min.
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Critic Reviews
The Hollywood Reporter | James GreenbergAdd Critic to Favorites
Not only is the film a powerful historical record and a warning for future generations, it is an essential reminder to people, including many in Japan today, who might deny that this massacre ever occurred. As such, Nanking honors the highest calling of documentary filmmaking.Read the full review
Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites
Thorough and sadly engrossing documentary.Read the full review
Variety | Justin ChangAdd Critic to Favorites
The horrific 1937-38 massacre of more than 200,000 Chinese during the early days of the Japanese occupation gets a polished presentation in Nanking.Read the full review
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@SnagFilms: Memorial Day ‘09
05/25/09 One thousand miles from anywhere lay a lonely outpost of coral and sea called Midway. | indieWIRE -
Snag This: Nanking
05/19/09 Moviefone As you might expect, directors Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman use archival footage and interviews with survivors to flesh out the film, but they also include "staged reading of excerpts from journals and letters by a group of actors including Woody Harrelson, Mariel Hemingway, Rosalind Chao and Jurgen Prochnow," as described by Voynar. | Cinematical.com -
Tribeca Snapshot: Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman’s “Soundtrack for a Revolution”
04/26/09 The concept behind "Soundtrack for a Revolution" is both a means and end at once. | indieWIRE