The verbs describing life-taking actions with a gun can also describe reloading film, framing a shot, and operating a camera. Dead to Rights (2025), a fictional retelling of the Nanjing massacre, draws a horrendous parallel between guns and cameras as instruments of war. (Photo: WarnerBrosTH)Beautiful, emotional and sometimes overly dramaticDead to Rights is depicted from the perspective of a civilian trapped in the city, immersing us in the horror. The camera serves as a tool as important as any weapon in warfare, capturing moments of Japanese conquest to rally citizens at home while reminding the Chinese of their defeat. The film even cuts between reloading a gun and reloading camera film in parallel, drawing a direct comparison between both instruments.

Source: Bangkok Post January 15, 2026 14:02 UTC