CHRISTIAN BALE's "FLOWERS of WAR" re JAPAN's RAMPAGE of NANJING : "Christian Bale has revealed that he is not concerned about what Chinese censors might cut from his new film 'The Flowers of War'. Christian Bale stars in the film which depicts the Japanese army's brutal 1937 rampaging of Nanjing. The 'Batman' star, who plays a mortician pretending to be a priest to protect young women inside a Catholic cathedral during the invasion, said to The Press Association: 'I just do what I do. What happens after I'm wrapped is always out of my hands. It doesn't matter which country that's in. ... Which scenes get chosen, which scenes get cut, that has nothing to do with me.' In the film, the dialogue is split between both English and Mandarin. Bale further suggested that he had decided to embark on the project because he loves working outside of his comfort zone: ''I have a great sense of adventure, and whatever adventure I can take out of moviemaking, I'm going to. So I hope that not just with China but with internationally that we'll start to get much more mixing of nationalities and film cultures. And I think we're going to get some really interesting results from that.' nationalities and film ..."
"Christian Bale in 'The Flowers of War,' set in 1937 China Christian Bale packed up, bid his family farewell and went off to war The Welsh actor was drafted by acclaimed Chinese director Zhang Yimou (“Hero,” “Curse of the Golden Flower”) to star in the country’s most ambitious and expensive film ever, “The Flowers of War,” a brutal, yet ultimately uplifting tale set during the Japanese assault on Nanjing in 1937. The movie, which opened in New York Dec. 21, goes into wider release Friday. Dec. 21, goes into wider release Friday That Bale, 37, would be working in a country where he didn’t know the language, the ..."
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"... but a soldier of fortune in temperament. Miller comes to do a bit of business in Nanjing (formerly known as Nanking), China, arriving in 1937, just as the known as Nanking), China, arriving in 1937, just as the Japanese army invades and brutalizes the city The Nanjing massacre is one of the defining historical events of modern China. Women were particular victims of war crimes, and unlikely women become heroes in The Flowers of War. Bale is perhaps best known for playing Batman and won an Academy Award last year for The Fighter. The film is China's Oscar nominee for best.."
