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我知道网站不欢迎全文转载。但因为mitbbs删贴合贴频繁，为方便还是从mitbbs把全文转过来了。请版主手下留情，让这个留两天。按他的话，And I am asking, please, No More Donations.。不知道说什么好。

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The Chinese 1000 has saved the film "Nightmare in Nanking-Rape of Nanking". My deepest appreciation.

I gave this film away free to the world. Anyone can view it, at no charge, at video.google, youtube.com, Baidu.com and numerous websites. Over 4 million people have viewed or downloaded this film, It is ranked #9 "Most Discussed Films of All Time" at Youtube.

People watch this movie and they cry.

However, as we can see on this forum, my reward for making this movie and for giving it away free, is to be attacked. This has been going on for 2 years. I am attacked, and Ms.Joy Haiyan Wu who volunteered to work on the Chinese Version is attacked, we have been insulted, threatened, and donations stolen.

Why did I make this movie? Because I am a scholar and an artist. I wanted to create a work of art, where art meets scholarship. I wanted to tell a tragic story that was not wellknown in the west.

I first became interested in WWII as a child. I read hundreds of books on the subject because I wanted to understand how this great evil had almost taken over the world.

About 25 years ago I read a single paragraph about the Rape of Nanking. I began collecting information, photographs, thinking someday I would write a book. But then Iris Chang published her book and I decided I would do a movie instead.

As the Chinese people have now learned, a group of Chinese, led by Ignatius Ding of the Global Alliance solicited donations at the first showing of my film, and they kept the money. All of you now this is a fact.

When I contacted the Nanjing Holocaust Museum, I offered them my film, free of charge. I offered to give them the rights to this movie. Instead, they responded with insults,and Ms. Wu and I felt terribly insulted by their actions. As all of you now know, this is a fact.

In May-June of 2005, I sent a VHS copy of my film to top executive at Google, Yahoo, and AOL, including Ted Leonsis. I was trying to raise funds to pay licensing and other fees.

In July of 2005, the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco called me at home and told me that a rich American business man had seen my movie and wanted to provide me with all the necessary funds. However, this business man wanted to see my resume and to get any information about me that was not on my website.

I thought this was a bizarre request. Why my resume? And why was the Chinese consulate acting as a servant for an American businessman? I sent my resume and never heard back. Instead, I heard that a rich American business man, Ted Leonsis was now going to make a film about Nanking.

Now you should ask yourself this: Ted Leonsis is not Steven Spielberg. He has never made a movie in his life. And yet, all doors opened for Mr. Leonsis. and Chinese officials did everything they could to help him make a movie about an extremely sensitive subject. All lights turned green for this American billionaire However, for me, all doors were closed.

However, not only was I having problems, but a famous Chinese director Mr. Lu also met with opposition and his film project on Nanking ("Nanking Nanking") was rejected by the Chinese government at the same time all doors were opened for a billionaire business man from America who had never made a movie in his life.

For me, all doors have remained closed.

For me, everything about this film has been a miserable experience. I wasted years of my life, I lost money, I am attacked constantly by Japanese and Chinese. I truly wish I never, never made this movie.

When I wrote my letter "washing my hands" of this film, I truly meant my words. I did not discuss this first with Ms. Wu, though she was well aware of how unhappy and miserable I had become because of this film and all the problems.

When I wrote my letter "washing my hands," I expected to be attacked. However, I did not expect the Chinese people to come to the rescue. I didn't expect to have Chinese call me at home and beg me not to take down this film. I didn't expect to have hundreds of Chinese wrote me to tell me how much they loved this film.

When the donations started coming in, I was surprised. I was impressed. However, I was not happy. I wanted to bring this to an end. I no longer wanted to be involved in this. I wanted out.

So, nearly 1000 Chinese have donated. We have received over $38,000.00 in the US, and about $3,000 in China. I am humbled and honored. However, these donated funds will never compensate me for the attacks and misery I have experienced.

I want nothing more to do with this. Truly, I am sick of it. I didn't ask anyone to send money. I quit. I wanted out. I wanted to have nothing to do with this film.

Unfortunately, I cannot escape this film. Now I have an obligation to the Chinese 1000 who stepped forward.

This is what I am going to do:

1). The English and Mandarin editions of this film will stay online and available to the world for free. I promise to continue paying all licensing fees and paying for the renewal of all licensing fees.

2). We give permission to anyone to make DVDs of this film which they can give away free.

3) We give this film away for FREE To any TV station, anywhere in the world, who wish to show this film, in its entirety without commercial break. However, remember, we do not own the copyright to the music.

4) We give this film away for FREE to every theater, and every group in the world, who wish to show this film for free

5) I do hereby give this film away, FREE to the world.

And now that it is free, I am free of it. I have nothing further to say.

And I am asking, please, No More Donations.