"candid, calm, yet filled with danger". DVD release Apart from the Chinese different versions, Fortissimo Films distributed a DVD version in Japan and 35mm copies for international releases. A DVD featuring subtitles in English and an introduction by American director Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Ocean's Eleven) was released on 19 April 2005 in the United States by Home Vision Entertainment. Awards and nominations See also Second Sino-Japanese War, the background of the film People's Republic of China-Japan relations Nanjing Massacre Surrender of Japan Notes References Corliss, Richard (2000-06-05), "Asia Scores", Time Asia 156 (22) Corliss, Richard (2000-07-24), "Devils on His Doorstep", Time Asia 156 (3) Gieselmann, Martin (2014-08-07), “Chinese Cinema in the Post-Cold War Ear and the Legacy of the Sino-Japanese War: Devils on the Doorstep and Purple Sunset”, Broken Narratives. Retrieved on 2021-06-12. Gries, P.H. (2005-12-01). "China's "New Thinking" on Japan (PDF). The China Quarterly 184:831–850. Retrieved on 2007-03-30. Ma, G. "Devils premiers in U.K.", Xinhua News Agency, 2006-03-29. Retrieved on 2007-03-30. Li, Jie. “Discoloured vestiges of history: Black and white in the age of colour cinema.” Journal of Chinese Cinemas 6, no. 3 (2012): 247–262. Retrieved on 2021-06-11. Rao, Anjali (2009-07-23), "Interview with Jiang Wen". CNN. Retrieved on 2021-06-11. Raynes, Tony. tr. Wang, Norman & Clark, Paul (2000-04-17), "An interview with Jiang Wen" (attached with DVD) Rennie, David (2001-06-19), "China blacklists top film director", The Daily Telegraph Reynaud, Berenice. "Devils On The Doorstep", Film Comment 38, no. 8 (2002): 75. Retrieved on 2021-06-12. Silbergeld, Jerome (2008), Body in Question: Image and Illusion in Two Chinese Films by Director Jiang Wen (Princeton: Princeton University Press) Tian, Yu. "From Red Sorghum to Devils on the Doorstep: conceptual evolution in Chinese film adaptations." Post Script, Summer 2004, 64+. Gale Literature Resource Center. Retrieved on 2021-06-13. Unknown. "Devils on the Doorstep". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved on 2007-03-30. Unknown. "Jiang disobeys rules, Devils ban indefinite", Tianfu Zaobao, 2000-09-18. Retrieved on 2007-03-30. Unknown. "Responses to Jiang's Devils screened illegally in Japan", Meiri Xinbao, 2002-06-27. Retrieved on 2007-03-30. Ward, Julian. "Filming the anti-Japanese war: the devils and buffoons of Jiang Wen’s Guizi Laile." New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film 2, no. 2 (2004): 107–118. Retrieved on 2021-06-12. Werner, Michael (President of Fortissimo Films), "A note about this DVD edition" (attached with DVD) Xie, X. "Commercial release of Devils not in foreseeable future: Film Bureau", Nanfang Dushibao, 2002-06-19. Retrieved on 2007-03-30. Yu, S. "Visiting and worshipping are