Chapter 6 Part II Various Physical Evidences of the Atomic Bombing

The film opens with the infamous "mushroom" cloud billowing from the Bikini nuclear test site. The audience should have the feeling of seeing this "mushroom" cloud for the first time and seeing it again. The "mushroom" cloud should be very vigorous and large, growing very slowly, and accompanied by the first few beats of Giovanni Fischau's music, its tumbling rise is emphasized. As this "mushroom" cloud rises up on the screen, two bare shoulders gradually appear under the cloud of smoke. The audience only sees these two shoulders, which are parts of the body that have been amputated head to waist.

These two shoulders, clasped together, were covered with ashes, rain, dew, or sweat, as one could imagine. The key is to make it feel like the dew or the sweat is being dropped by the "mushroom" cloud [over Bikini Nuclear Test Site] as it rises and goes away. This picture is bound to create a very strong and contradictory feeling, which is both refreshing and lustful. The skin tones of the two hugging shoulders are different, one dark and one light. Fischer's music accompanies this almost revolting cuddle. The difference between the two different hands should be quite noticeable.

Fischer's music gradually faded from strong to weak, and a woman's hand (large from close-up shots) rested on her yellow-skinned shoulder and stopped moving. The so-called "playing" is just a way of saying, "Catch" seems more accurate. A heavy and calm man's voice sounded like reciting: he You saw nothing in Hiroshima.see nothing. This sentence can be used at will. A very hoarse and dull woman's voice answered without cadence as if reciting: she I have seen it all.Nothing was left out. Fischer's music sounded again, and at this time, the woman's white hands squeezed tightly on the shoulders again, released them, caressed them, and left a few fingernail marks on the yellow shoulders.

As if the nail print could suggest that it was a punishment for the sentence "No, you saw nothing in Hiroshima". Then the woman's voice came again, still calm and lifeless, as if reciting: she I even saw the hospital.Of that, I am sure.There are hospitals in Hiroshima.How can I avoid seeing this? Hospitals, corridors, stairs, and patients are all displayed on the screen one by one under the relentless shooting of the camera. (The audience never sees her on screen watching it all.) Now the camera is back to the hand that keeps pinching the yellow shoulder. he You didn't see a hospital in Hiroshima.You saw nothing in Hiroshima.

Then the woman's voice becomes more objective. (esotericly) Emphasize every word. At this time, the pictures of the museum are displayed one by one.The light was harsh and annoying, like the lights on a hospital. Data explanation cards flashed out one after another. Evidence of the atomic bombing. Fragmented models of all kinds. A twisted steel bar. Sheets of scorched wax skin, piles of burnt hair. etc. she I have been to museums four times... he Which museum in Hiroshima? she In Hiroshima, I went to the museum four times.I saw some people wandering there.Because there is nothing else, one wanders thoughtfully between the photographs and the reproductions; because there is nothing else but the photographs, the photographs and the reproductions Between the cards; because there is nothing else but to wander between the commentary cards.