Wen | Du Si meng
Edited | Ji Zhengpeng
As of today, "Changjin Lake", which has been released for 66 days, has a cumulative box office of nearly 5.74 billion yuan, and the highest box office figure in the Chinese film market is still being rewritten by it.
"The 123 million people who entered the cinema of "Chosin Lake" were a concerted effort by a national audience and 80,000 screens." At the expert seminar on "Chosin Lake and Chinese Film Creation in the New Era" held on December 2, Yu Dong, the film producer and chief producer who had just returned from the set of the sequel "Chosin Lake's Water gate bridge", talked about the behind-the-scenes events of "Chosin Lake" and was still a little excited.
Yu Dong revealed that the investment of "Chosin Lake" is as high as 1.4 billion yuan, more than 200 million US dollars. During the epidemic, there are no films in Hollywood that exceed $100 million, "Chinese film and television companies have been able to overcome difficulties during the epidemic, which not only reflects the courage of Chinese filmmakers, but also an effort of the entire Chinese film industry." ”
Experts attending the meeting believed that "Chosin Lake" is a symbol of Chinese-style war blockbusters after Chinese cinema entered a new era, which is of landmark significance.
Hu Xiaohan, Zhong Chengxiang, Yuan Xinwen, Hu Zhifeng, Wang Yichuan, Jia Leilei, Zhang Yiwu, Zhou Xing, Li Daoxin, Zhang Hong and other well-known experts in the film industry attended the seminar. The conference was hosted by the China Filmmakers Association, hosted by Film Art Magazine, and presided over by Tan Zheng, editor-in-chief of Film Art.
"Chosin Lake" uses almost all of China's late-stage companies
"Chosin Lake", with an investment of 1.4 billion yuan, is a pure domestic film.
Different from ten years ago, the Chinese blockbuster "a swarm" went to Australia and other countries to do the post-production, Yu Dong introduced, the investment of more than 200 million US dollars in "Changjin Lake", the later stage is all completed in China, "we almost used all of China's post-production companies, sound, dimming, technical support, as large as hundreds of shots, as small as dozens of shots, all carried out in China." Not lost to Hollywood productions. ”
Yu Dong
In Yu Dong's view, the talent base, technical support, creative power and creative potential of Chinese films have been fully demonstrated through "Changjin Lake", and the achievements of "Changjin Lake" today are also a comprehensive review of the industrialization level of Chinese films, and a summary of the industrial reform and development of Chinese films for more than ten years.
Lei Gong is based on the first-class combat hero Kong Qingsan
"Chosin Lake" for the first time put the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea on the Eastern Front on the big screen. Yu Dong revealed that when creating, he "not only took into account the reality of historical figures, but also fictionalized artistic images", and many plots and characters in the film have historical archetypes.
For example, the scene of Wu Qianli, played by Wu Jing, boarding a train with a company and rushing to the Korean battlefield is a true portrayal of the Ninth Corps. "It was a very big scene, a big scene of more than two thousand people, filmed for three days, just this one shot, repeatedly filmed, there is a feeling of 'the wind is cold and the water is cold, and the brave soldiers will not return once they are gone'; this is also the true portrayal of the Ninth Corps at that time, all of whom fought victorious battles in the Huaihai battlefield, and were veterans of the Platon's history who fought the War of Resistance Against Japan and survived the War of Liberation." Yu Dong said.
Hu Jun played Lei Gong in "Changjin Lake"
And Lei Gong, the commander of the artillery platoon who made many viewers feel sad, also has a character archetype. According to Yu Dong, the prototype of Lei Gong was an artillery company commander who died in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea--Kong Qingsan, a first-class combat hero, from Yimeng Mountain, Shandong. At the critical moment of the battle, he used his body as an artillery support, and the powerful rear-throwing force of the artillery threw him under the ridge, and his abdomen was hit by a large piece of shrapnel, and he died heroically. Yu Dong said that the "Yimeng Mountain Minor" that appears repeatedly in the film is intended to pay tribute to the Yimeng spirit, because "the Yimeng spirit of fighting against the heavens and the earth and the great spirit of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea are in the same vein, and they are all precious spiritual wealth of the sons and daughters of China."
The sequel "Chosin Lake No Shuimun Bridge" entered the tense shooting
Yu Dong revealed that the fierce battle scenes in "Chosin Lake" and most of the scenes of the US military were responsible for Lin Chaoxian. He hoped that Lin Chaoxian would shoot the true strength of the US military, "We are one army fighting three armies, we are army soldiers, but we are fighting sea, land and air." We are mules and horses fighting against people mechanized. He told Lin Chaoxian, "The stronger the US military is photographed, the more it seems that the victory of our volunteer army is not easy to come by." ”
According to the original shooting plan, the Chinese and American casts should also be "evenly matched", Yu Dong's original idea was to find Hollywood union actors familiar to the audience to play in the US military, but due to the outbreak of the epidemic, the originally invited Hollywood actors could not come, and could only temporarily change to find foreign actors in China. As a result, the standard of Chinese actors in the film is significantly higher than that of foreign actors. This has also become the biggest regret of "Chosin Lake" so far.
Yu Dong revealed that the "Chosin Lake" sequel "Chosin Lake No Water Gate Bridge" has entered intense filming, and the sequel tells the story of the soldiers of the Seven Companies who will face more difficult challenges and fiercer firepower after ending the battles in Xinxing-ri and Hagaru-ri! They will block the enemy at the Watergate Bridge, the throat of the RETREAT route of the US First Marine Division, and the task will be more arduous, the battle scene will be more intense, and the huge sacrifice to win the victory will be more moving!
Experts and scholars such as Zhong Chengxiang praised "Chosin Lake" as a landmark
At the seminar, the experts present praised the enlightenment and thinking that "Chosin Lake" brings to Chinese films.
Zhong Chengxiang, a researcher at the Central Research Museum of Literature and History and former vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, said that "Changjin Lake" has macro consciousness and overall awareness, and is a symbol of Chinese-style war blockbusters after Chinese cinema entered a new era, which is of landmark significance.
Group photo of participants
Hu Xiaohan, a member of the party group and vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, believes that "Changjin Lake" has made a new film and made the standard of a new era of films.
Zhang Hong, secretary of the sub-party group of the China Filmmakers Association, commented that the film has a grand theme, shocking scenes, rigorous structure, full characters, and excellent production.
Yuan Xinwen, director of the Literature and Art Department of the People's Daily, believes that "Chosin Lake" presents the battle epic of the Battle of Chosin Lake with an epic film art, allowing the audience to experience the great spirit of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in a magnificent, tragic and affectionate narrative.
Professor Wang Yichuan, vice chairman of the China Literary and Art Critics Association and director of the Research Center for Literature and Art studies at Beijing Normal University, praised the aesthetic style of "Changjin Lake" with "generous songs of sorrow and charm".
Zhang Yiwu, a professor at the Department of Chinese and Chinese Literature at Peking University, said that "Chosin Lake" fits the collective consciousness and collective concept of Chinese.
Zhou Xing, a professor at the School of Arts and Media of Beijing Normal University and director of the Drama and Film and Television Education And Guidance Committee of the Ministry of Education, believes that "Changjin Lake" has improved the quality of Chinese films' recognition of mainstream values.
Hu Zhifeng, deputy secretary of the party committee and vice president of the Beijing Film Academy, commented that "Changjin Lake" has great political significance, social significance and industrial development significance.
Jia Leilei, former vice president and researcher of the China Academy of Arts, believes that the movie "Changjin Lake" has been integrated into the historical memory of the younger generation, far exceeding the impact of ordinary films on the audience.
Li Daoxin, deputy dean and professor of the School of Arts of Peking University, said that "Changjin Lake" not only refreshes the new starting point of Chinese films, but also has benchmarking significance, demonstration and leadership for the development of small and medium-sized films, including the development of art films.
Li Chunli, deputy director of the Literature and Art Department of Guangming Daily, believes that "Chosin Lake" is a heroic narrative from the perspective of civilians, an emotional circulation of family and country feelings, and a spiritual inheritance of patriotism.
Wang Jun, general manager of the Dayou Film and Television Center of the Central Party School, said that "Changjin Lake" uses stories to tell ideas, uses magnificent people's war, clarifies China's stand on Sino-US relations, and establishes the image of China standing tall among the nations of the world with a posture of not causing trouble and not being afraid of trouble.
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