Screening of Devils On The Doorstep | Peatixtag:peatix.com,2011:12019-11-01T17:17:25+08:00PeatixNational Museum Screening of Devils On The Doorstep tag:peatix.com,2018:event-3342322018-01-20T16:30:00SGT2018-01-20T16:30:00SGTDevils On The Doorstep / 鬼子来了
(Newly-restored extended version)
Dir: Jiang WenChina
/ 2000 / 162min / Mandarin (with English subtitles) / DCP/ Rating TBC
Set
in the last months of Japanese-occupied China in a small village, a mysterious
visitor leaves two kidnapped victims – a Japanese soldier and a Chinese
translator – at Ma Dasan’s (Jiang Wen) house for reasons unknown. The villagers
end up forming a strange kinship with the duo that leads to a series of
tragicomic events. This original 162-minute version (20 minutes longer than its
theatrical cut) of the film has only recently been restored and has not been
seen since its initial festival-run in 2000. This film is part of the war film programme Witness to War: Memories and Screens, organised by the National Museum of Singapore as part of the Witness to War exhibition and curated by the Asian Film Archive. About Witness to War: Memories and ScreenThe
memories of World War Two have been captured, interpreted and presented
in various films – from iconic war films like Merry Christmas, Mr
Lawrence to romance films such as Hiroshima Mon Amour and historically
significant films like Momotaro, Sacred Sailors and Spirit of the
Overseas Chinese which have not been seen in Singapore in recent
history. For the first time, the National Museum, in collaboration with
the Asian Film Archive, will be presenting Witness to War: Memories and
Screens, a selection of films which document and remember the experience
of World War Two in the Pacific and its aftermath.In tracing
the historical development from the bombing of Pearl Harbour (1941) to
Hiroshima (1945), Memories and Screens will showcase films and
narratives from Singapore and Malaya, Britain, Japan, America and
Singapore’s regional neighbours, accounting for the diverse yet shared
narratives of countries and people that have participated in and
witnessed World War Two. This film programme –inspired by the exhibition
Witness to War: Remembering 1942 – invites us to reflect upon the ways
film across national borders remembers a shared history that continues
to shape our reality today.Updatestag:peatix.com,2017-12-20 12:37:212017-12-20 12:37:21The event description was updated. Diff#303209Updatestag:peatix.com,2017-12-19 01:54:022017-12-19 01:54:02The event description was updated. Diff#302868