Light and shadow cast heroic souls, paying tribute to the immortal spirit of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea! Since its release on December 17, the movie "Crossing the Yalu River," produced by the Central Radio and Television Corporation and composing a heroic epic poem of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in a panoramic manner, has set off a nationwide movie-watching boom, through which the audience recalls the history of singing and weeping, remembers the revolutionary martyrs, and recalls the years when the smoke of gunfire was thick. As of 18:00 on December 20, the cumulative box office of the film has exceeded 20 million yuan, and the attendance rate far exceeds other films in the same period, leading the Lunar New Year market.
As a "panoramic and epic" work of major revolutionary historical themes showing the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, "Crossing the Yalu River" is both historical, artistic and ideological. Proceeding from an international perspective, the film narrates from the perspective of Peng Dehuai, commander and political commissar of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, and from multiple dimensions such as the strategic thinking of the central leadership, the battlefield strategy of the volunteer generals, and the bloody battles of the volunteer soldiers on the front line, the film reproduces the battles in the east and west and the five battles that can be sung and wept, and comprehensively restores the magnificent history of 71 years ago, and comprehensively presents the sacrifices and efforts we made to win the final victory of this arduous and shocking great war. It has carried forward the iron will and tenacious character of the Chinese nation that is not afraid of power and hegemony, dares to struggle, and dares to win.
As the first feature film produced by the Central Radio and Television Corporation, the film condenses the pattern and feelings of the station's "forging fine products and reshaping the highlands". After ten months of efforts, on the basis of adhering to historical depth, international vision, aesthetic character and epic style, the film optimizes the content, polishes the details, strengthens the story scene that is conducive to mobilizing the audience's emotions based on the historical background and facts, shows the expression of art on the basis of pursuing historical reality, and strives to achieve the balance and integration of historical truth and artistic truth.
"Crossing the Yalu River" records history with light and shadow, reproducing the smoke and flames of 71 years ago and the lovely and respectable revolutionary martyrs, with temperature, brightness and concentration to convey the feelings of home and country. While letting the audience feel that their ancestors sacrificed their lives to defend national sovereignty, they integrated the important significance, historical experience, and great spirit of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea into continuous exploration and innovation, and strived to realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
"Pure dry goods! The rhythm is tight and the content is full", "the actors' performances are vivid and touching", "the degree of excitement is no less than that of "Chosin Lake"... "Crossing the Yalu River" allowed the audience to fully understand the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and was shocked and moved by the heroic and fearless spirit of the volunteer army. A netizen left a message saying: "The two films "King Kong Chuan" and "Chosin Lake" are shown from the personal perspective of several volunteers, while "Crossing the Yalu River" is a panoramic and multi-angle guide to return the audience to the real battlefield. In the film, we not only see Huang Jiguang, Qiu Shaoyun and other combat heroes, But also The Boss Peng played by Ding Yongdai is also impressive, he is a majestic and wise commander, but also a good general who loves soldiers like a son, and there are several scenes of him crying in the film, which has never been seen in previous film and television works. ”
The ideological and artistic value of the film has also been widely recognized by many industry experts. Yin Hong, professor at the School of Journalism and Communication of Tsinghua University and vice chairman of the China Filmmakers Association, believes that the film is a huge production of major revolutionary historical themes, and as the first feature film produced by the general station, it is a positioning work and has created a new benchmark for "the production of the general station".
"Crossing the Yalu River" should be the first feature film that integrates documentary, panoramic, biographical and spiritual aspects to reflect the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. It has a prominent documentary style, trying to reproduce the spectacle of war with a panorama; it is still biographical, with Commander Peng Dehuai as the main perspective to see the situation of people in the war, especially with the brushstrokes of 'spiritual dialectics' to imitate the ups and downs of the inner world of the characters, resulting in a strong force that points directly to the depths of the soul. This also shows that domestic war films have taken a new and powerful step in shaping their character images. Wang Yichuan, a professor at the Research Center for Literature and Art of Beijing Normal University and vice chairman of the China Literary and Art Critics Association, said.
Hu Zhifeng, deputy secretary of the party committee and vice president of the Beijing Film Academy, said that the film is blood-boiling, and the viewer is in a feeling of excitement, excitement and shock from beginning to end, and the whole work is "unique in perspective and full of flesh and blood".