Cover news reporter Zeng Jie
After 7 o'clock on September 27, there are still 4 days before the release of the new film in the National Day file, according to the statistics of Maoyan Professional Edition, the total box office of the new film in the National Day file has exceeded 90 million yuan, and it is about to break 100 million. Without any suspense, "Chosin Lake" flourished, dominating the box office with more than 67 million on-demand and pre-sales, which is 3 times that of "My Father and Me".
Previously, the movie "Changjin Lake" held a premiere ceremony in Beijing, and Chengdu, Changsha, Guangzhou, Dalian, Urumqi and other places simultaneously held advanced detonation venues, and audiences in 33 cities watched the film at the same time, and connected with Beijing in real time after the screening. Yu Dong, chief producer of the film, Huang Jianxin, director of the film, Chen Kaige, Xu Ke and Lin Chaoxian, producers Chen Hong and Liang Fengying, actors Wu Jing, Yi Qianxi, Zhu Yawen, Hu Jun, Han Dongjun, Li Mincheng and Shi Haozheng attended the premiere ceremony and interacted with the audience.
How did this breathtaking film come about? Director Huang Jianxin said: "After a lifetime of filming, I have never been so nervous. Because it's too big, because it's never been seen before. We pushed the limits of Chinese cinema, and my friend said to me, 'You are a miracle,' and this film was made to Chinese the greatest spirit. ”
There were 12,000 people in front of and behind the scenes
How big is the creative team of the movie "Chosin Lake"? Huang Jianxin once calculated that there were more than 7,000 on-site staff in the early stage of the film crew, and more than 12,000 staff on the final subtitles, and the release of a movie was full of the painstaking efforts of many cast members. If the group pulling through the parallel and overlapping shooting at the same time is calculated, the shooting cycle is as long as 460 working days, and the hardships behind it are self-evident.
"Because in industrial films, the executive producer is not a virtual position, he is a working staff, and I am on the scene every day in the early and post-shooting stages." He revealed that as early as 2019, directors Chen Kaige and Xu Ke have begun preparations to assemble in Dandong, which was later suspended under the epidemic and restarted in 2020.
From the idea, the creation of the script to the shooting and production, "Chosin Lake" has reached its fifth year. At first, Huang Jianxin felt that it was a major challenge, but as time passed, he only felt that he was integrated with this subject and immersed in it.
Although the script is already well based, it has continued to improve 37 drafts. Every director and every staff member is fully engaged in the creation, and those empathetic details are cut out little by little.
Pushing the limits of Chinese cinema
Before the original shooting, Huang Jianxin's biggest worry stemmed from the cooperation between Chen Kaige, Xu Ke and Lin Chaoxian: "Because the directors are all artists, they are very individual, and the communication and trust between them have worried me, but the overall situation they show is very touching." ”
The directors' seriousness about this work is hidden in the details. Huang Jianxin revealed that the original draft was finalized on August 12, and director Lin Chaoxian hoped to make up a scene, so he seized the time to complete the reshoot. The shot of the chairman walking around in the snow, director Chen Kaige felt that the original plan was not working, and after adjusting it, he re-made the special effects and put it into the movie a day before the lock. The three directors relayed the shooting, devoted themselves wholeheartedly, and by the time director Xu Ke started shooting, it was already a low temperature of minus 20 or 30 degrees, and he still overcame various difficulties to complete the creation.
Not only the director, all the actors involved in "Chosin Lake" did their best to participate in the creation, Wu Jing and Yi Yanqianxi did not go anywhere except for the Spring Festival Gala, filmed in the crew for half a year, with this film that challenged the limits, paying tribute to those heroes who participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.
As the largest investment film in the history of Chinese cinema, the shooting of "Changjin Lake" is unprecedented pressure for any private enterprise. Huang Jianxin is an old friend of Yu Dong for many years, during the shooting, he always expressed concern next to him" "Can you still hold up", when the pressure in Winter is too great, he likes to pace back and forth, he said earnestly: "Then I have to support, I only have one belief, go forward, finish this movie." ”
Huang Jianxin shared with the audience that a friend once called him excitedly the next day after watching "Chosin Lake": "Excited to not sleep all night, he said that "Chosin Lake" opened up a world, in which he saw Chinese willpower, passion, and tenacity. He said to me thank you for opening up a spiritual passage with the movie. I was also very excited to hear this feeling, and I had the privilege of participating in this project, and together with so many excellent directors, actors and staff, I completed a task that seemed impossible at the time, and finally I could present it to everyone. ”
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