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a strong visual testimony (film: Hiroshima – Hideo Sekigawa, 1953)

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a film with such a strong visual impact as Hideo Sekigawa‘s ‘Hiroshima‘. I have no hesitation in saying that, at least in my experience, what this Japanese director, whom I didn’t know … Continue reading

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Documentary: White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

When I visited Hiroshima less than two months ago I thought that I knew quite a lot about the the events at the end of the second world war in the Pacific including the atomic bombs that were dropped upon … Continue reading

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