"Chosin Lake's Pratunam Bridge" is not strictly speaking a sequel, but the second half of "Chosin Lake", because the two films "Chosin Lake" and "Pratunam Bridge" were filmed almost at the same time, and the two films together are a complete story.
"Chosin Lake No Shui Mun Bridge": Fight and fight, fry and fry...
2022-02-02 20:05 · Film and television monologue
If you don't take it apart, the length of this movie will be more than 5 hours, and it is difficult to gain an advantage in the schedule, so it is divided into two. At the premiere of "Watergate Bridge", producer Yu Dong said that he hopes to edit the two films into one in the future.
It is reported that after the announcement of "Chosin Lake" in 2021, the role of "Watergate Bridge" was basically completed. At the time of the release of "Chosin Lake", the re-shooting of "Watergate Bridge" was also officially launched. The re-filming mainly includes the reasons for the seven consecutive trips to the Watergate Bridge, as well as the difficulties and obstacles on the road, so that the two works are well connected.
Careful viewers may find that "Changjin Lake" is co-directed by Chen Kaige, Xu Ke and Lin Chaoxian. When it came to "Watergate Bridge", the director was only Xu Ke. Producer Yu Dong said that most of the scenes in "Watergate Bridge" were independently directed by Xu Ke. Chen Kaige and Lin Chaoxian were reappointed as producers in "Watergate Bridge".
From "Chosin Lake" to "Watergate Bridge", the perspective of the film has changed.
"Chosin Lake" is a macro perspective, showing the whole picture of the Battle of Chosin Lake, from the edge to the general attack, presenting a three-dimensional and fierce battle process, with many characters and intertwined story lines.
"Watergate Bridge" is a microscopic perspective, just showing a Watergate Bridge battle, although it is still a group portrait, but there is only one story line.
Why can the "three-bombing Watergate Bridge" be recorded in history? Why was it a top priority in the second half of the Chosin Lake Campaign? How does director Xu Ke make a battle into a super blockbuster shock perception?
Now, let's walk into "Watergate Bridge."
The film opens with un troops beaten by the Chinese Volunteers. The main force of the enemy was the US 1st Marine Division, and the division commander Smith, seeing that the general situation had gone, ordered the retreat south to the port of Xingnan, because there would be warships there to meet.
From Shimogaru-ri, where the U.S. 1st Marine Division is located, to the Watergate Bridge in Koto-ri, all the way is a mountain road. Built on a mountain, the Pratunam Bridge is a suspended bridge built on a cliff wall, and after crossing the Pratunam Bridge, there is a plain. For the mechanized forces of the U.S. military, the Watergate Bridge is a bridge of life and death.
The 149-minute film focuses on the classic battle of "Three Explosions of The Watergate Bridge".
The first blow-up of the bridge in the film was completed by the Ninth Company led by battalion commander Tan Ziwei (Duan Yihong), who caused damage to the Watergate Bridge at the cost of his life, but the U.S. army quickly repaired it.
Tanzi said for his last words: "Which battle is not difficult to fight?" The harder it is to fight, the more you have to fight. "The battle was full of tragic tones and foreshadowed the tragic sacrifices that followed.
Subsequently, the seven companies led by Wu Qianli (Wu Jing) rushed to reinforcements, and the "two explosions" and "three explosions" of the Watergate Bridge were jointly completed by the Seventh Company and the Ninth Company.
From the perspective of the rhythm of the movie, the movement shots of "Watergate Bridge" are mostly, and the whole film is described as "hitting and hitting" and "blowing up".
The whole film not only shoots the realism of the war, but also allows the audience to quickly enter the situation of the film, breathe with the characters in the film, share the fate, and produce a strong sense of substitution.
Xu Ke knows very well how to create a sense of oppression through the lens. The Watergate Bridge, which is close to the top of the mountain, seems to stand on top of Wanling, and under the background of the upward shooting camera, it gives people a sense of invincibility. The enemy has the advantage of terrain, with heavy weapons such as heavy machine guns, mortars, rocket launchers, and flamethrowers. As soon as the volunteers appeared, bullets and shells poured down.
In the ice and snow, as soon as the battle began, the volunteers were caught in the shells and flames. Extreme cold and extreme heat appear at the same time, which not only creates a visual impact, but also makes the audience feel the difficulty of winning.
In order to complete the task, the company led by Wu Qianli used tactics such as enveloping, sneak attacking, and strong attack. According to the characteristics of the terrain, one battlefield trick after another was played. In the confrontation of heavy fire, it also creates one visual spectacle after another.
With each blow-up of the Watergate Bridge, the enemy's equipment and defensive deployment escalated, and the intensity of the battle escalated. Every step we take has to pay a sacrificial price.
The Wu family brothers pinched their faces four times, and pinching their faces is a unique expression of emotion between brothers, and each time they reflect different emotions. The first time was just back home, the two brothers were reunited for a long time; the second time was to leave home and tell Wanli to take good care of his father; the third time was the support when fighting side by side, when the two were scarred; the last time was the comfort when facing life and death. Wu Qianli didn't say much to his brother, but he loved this brother in his heart and guarded this child with his own life. The last time Wu Qianli pinched his face into a bun in the snowstorm and told his brother to hold on. Wu Qianli was desperately trying to protect his brother until his death, the two brothers were found by the enemy, Wu Qianli still held Wu Wanli who was frozen and fainted, and the raging fire of the US military jet behind him fired one last shot before dying to blow up the Watergate Bridge. Wu Wanli survived by relying on his brother's temperature, and woke up in the fire to look at his brother who was about to be carbonized, cruel and warm.
After the Battle of Shuimen Bridge, the troops counted the numbers, and the seven companies of more than 300 people were finally left with only one person, Wu Wanli. They fought the most difficult battle of Chosin Lake, but they all died on the battlefield.
Wu Wanliyin couldn't bear to shout out, "The seventh interspersed should be one hundred and fifty-one people, and it is actually one person", he
Growing up in the war and inheriting the spirit of the Seventh Company, he took his brothers home and passed on this will to more people.
At the end of the movie, the young Wu Wanli transforms into a tough and brave warrior. "Lao Tzu is a cannon" Under the protection of Brother Qilian, Wanli pecked out of the shell, learned to be patient, and knew how to cooperate.
Wu Wanli returned to his hometown with the ashes jar of the second brother Wu Qianli echoing the opening chapter of "Changjin Lake" Wu Qianli holding the ashes jar of the eldest brother Wu Baili back to his hometown, reflecting the inheritance of the soldiers, and the three brothers of the family fought on the battlefield to defend the family and defend the country, which was touching and interpreted the moving feelings of the small family for everyone. In this colder, more bloody, more cruel, and more fiery battle, all the members of the Seventh Company sacrificed their lives to forget death, fought in blood, and vowed to die to defend the country! Let us see where the heroes come from, and we can also see our own way back.
If "Chosin Lake" reminds us of that history, then "Chosin Lake's Pratunam Bridge" will make us remember the courage of every soldier of the Seventh Company who knew that he could not do anything. In the context of that era, when the enemy is about to hit the doorstep without fighting, it will burst out of what spiritual power. Just like a person's courage and strength will be used to the extreme when he is on the edge of life.
Why do you have to watch the main theme movie?
After the broadcast of "Chosin Lake", many netizens returned home to try to bite the frozen potatoes, and just took a bite and cried, realizing that today's happy life is not easy to come by. Today's young people no longer reject the main theme of film and television works, young people have a strong desire to learn, eager to understand history. The creator's respect for history and respect for the audience have made patriotic enthusiasm stir in the whole society.
"Chosin Lake" has the most authentic expression, in the cinema, seeing the warriors risking death to fight, knowing that the mountain has the fearless spirit of the tiger biased towards the tiger mountain, and as the audience, we are also full of enthusiasm. We admire and appreciate the revolutionary ancestors. Can't help but ask, they are also human beings, are they not afraid of death? Why is it so brave? In fact, in the war years, in the face of national aggression, in the face of if they do not resist them will hit the doorstep, no matter which Chinese will burst out of patriotic enthusiasm, including in the new era, we are also practicing patriotism in our own way.
From another point of view, some young people are influenced by the hegemony of American culture and advocate the freedom of speech of European and American culture, but they do not know that the freedom they say is not real freedom, but cultural freedom corroded by the progressive movement in Europe and the United States. The emergence of "Chosin Lake" and its release in overseas markets is an opportunity for Chinese culture to win the international discourse power and truly become a cultural export power. Culture also needs a bellwether effect, and the Chosin Lake movie is probably the first time that the United States has really appeared on the show as a villain.
I think what this film wants to tell us is much more than understanding the hardships of our ancestors and cherishing a better life, and they exchanged their flesh and blood for today's happy life. There is also self-confidence in the strength of the motherland. Seventy-two years have passed, China has become strong, and the volunteer soldiers at that time have hardly ever gone to school, and today's Chinese troops are plausible People's Liberation Army units with high cultural qualities, and they are also units with strong military strength. Today, we are still as brave and tenacious as our ancestors. Seventy-two years ago, our ancestors won the battle, and we are even more capable of winning today. For this spirit and strength are infused into the soul of every Chinese.