He was born in 1930 to an intellectual family in rural Xiao County, Anhui Province. He, at the age of 9, followed his father to the revolution and became a small eighth road in the underground liaison station. During the Liberation War, he led his troops to suppress bandits, went deep into the tiger's den many times, and made battle achievements.
After the founding of New China, he was sent by the army to study at the Southwest People's Art Theater and the Beijing Film School, and after graduation, he played roles in more than 40 films. Wang Cheng in the movie "Heroes and Children" and Brother A Niu in "Liu Sanjie" have become unforgettable memories in the hearts of generations of Chinese.
He is a film performance artist and winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Golden Rooster Award of Chinese Cinema - Liu Shilong.
Liu Shilong (1930 -2017)
01 Movie "Liu Sanjie"
Movie "Liu Sanjie"
Filmed in the early 1960s, the film "Liu Sanjie" is the first musical scenery feature film in New China, with a unique and novel style, and the music has a strong national style and local color.
Movie "Liu Sanjie"
In 1961, as soon as the film was released, it not only immediately became popular throughout the country, but also blew the wind of Liu Sanjie in Southeast Asia and even in the Chinese areas of the world, which was extremely rare at that time. The male and female protagonists Liu Sanjie and Ah Niu Ge in the film are played by famous actors Huang Wanqiu and Liu Shilong, whose simple and delicate performances have achieved this classic in the history of Chinese cinema. What is particularly commendable is the interlude in the film, euphemistic and beautiful, sometimes sharp and humorous, sometimes lingering pity, showing the protagonist's resistance to the evil forces and the pursuit of perfect love to the fullest.
In the movie "Liu Sanjie", Liu Shilong played Brother Ah Niu
The movie "Liu Sanjie" is based on the story of Liu Sanjie circulated by the Zhuang people in Guangxi. When I first decided to make a movie, the role of "Brother A Niu" also chose many actors, and Liu Shilong, who was filming at the time, was suddenly called to the factory to audition.
Liu Shilong's friend, the famous director Jiang Ping was a guest of "Chinese Literature and Art• Tribute to the Classics"
Jiang Ping said that Liu Shilong is a very forgetful person in life, but he is particularly serious in filming, never forgets his lines, he has no know-how, it is hard work.
Movie "Liu Sanjie"
When filming Liu Sanjie, Liu Shilong was afraid of forgetting the words on the spot, every night he tore the content to be filmed the next day from the script, pasted it on the top of the mosquito net, repeatedly watched the back repeatedly, the next morning, as long as there was his play on the day, he would get up three hours earlier than others, memorize the words the night before, get up the next day and forget, but he got up early and then backed, and when he put on makeup, he still carried it, so that he would not forget when he started work.
Liu Shilong said, "I am a stupid bird to fly first, I can't delay everyone's time on the set, and I can't waste film." ”
At the scene of "Chinese Literature and Art: Tribute to Classics", Huang Wanqiu sang "Only Mountain Songs Respect Relatives"
At the scene of "Chinese Literature and Art: Tribute to Classics", Liu Yizhen and Tang Fei sang "Where are the trees and vines in the world"
02 Movie "Heroes and Children"
In the movie "Heroes and Children", Liu Shilong played Wang Cheng
The movie "Heroes and Children" is based on the famous writer Ba Jin's deep into the front line of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea to create a novel "Reunion", the film tells the story of the volunteer army soldier Wang Cheng and Wang Fang's brothers and sisters in the period of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, Wang Cheng died heroically in the battle to hold the nameless highland, Wang Fang took the spirit of her brother as an example, served the soldiers, and finally she and her adoptive father and biological father were reunited on the battlefield.
In the movie "Heroes and Children", Liu Shilong played Wang Cheng
Liu Shilong successfully played the hero Wang Cheng in the film, in the deadly battle with the enemy on the high ground, his line "For victory, shoot at me", along with the release of the film, has become a classic recited by generations, and his simple and true performance has made Wang Cheng one of the most memorable heroic images in new Chinese films.
In the movie "Heroes and Children", Liu Shilong played Wang Cheng
The movie "Heroes and Children" was filmed as a gift film to the fifteenth anniversary of the founding of New China, so the Changchun Film Studio handed the film to director Wu Zhaodi, and it was he who proposed liu Shilong to play Wang Cheng, who believed that Liu Shilong joined the army at the age of 9, joined the party at the age of 16 and had a combat experience in his early years, which fully met the needs of the characters in the play.
In the movie "Heroes and Children", Liu Shilong played Wang Cheng
At the scene of "Chinese Literature and Art : Tribute to Classics", Zheng Li led the singing of "Hero Praise"
03 Movie "Hongyan"
Movie "Hongyan"
Liu Shilong, born in Anhui in 1930, joined the army at the age of 9, worked as a clerk and correspondent, and later grew up to be a member of the literary and art propaganda team, and took up a gun for the first time at the age of 16 to participate in combat. Because of his passion for acting, after liberation, Liu Shilong was sent by the army to study drama at the Southwest People's Art Theater, entered the Beijing Film School for further study in 1953, and after graduation was assigned to the Changchun Film Studio and became an actor.
Movie "Hongyan"
Liu Shilong made more than forty movies and fourteen TV series in his lifetime, starting from the film in the fifties, he was willing to be a green leaf, until 1960, when he played the township postman Li Yunfei in "Hongyan".
Movie "Hongyan"
The movie "Hongyan" tells the story of Li Yunfei, a postman from Model Township in the Changbai Mountains of northeast China, who enthusiastically serves the masses. He not only delivered letters and newspapers, but also everyone's buyers, waiters, and salesmen, and he used the spirit of serving the people to infect and inspire the comrades around him, and with amazing perseverance, he overcame difficulties and opened a postal route to the peak of Changbai Mountain.
Tribute to guests in this issue
Performing artist Huang Wanqiu
Vice Chairman of the China Filmmakers Association and screenwriter Wang Xingdong
In the movie "Hongyan", Fan Yulan's actor He Xiaoshu
Tribute:
From heroes on the battlefield to playing heroes on the silver screen
No matter how superb the acting
None of them are as vivid as your true colors
From the generosity in life to the simplicity in the movie
No matter how realistic the footage
None of them can show your excellence
Why spring is always there
Only because the hero jumped out of the trenches
There are a thousand trophies
Nor can it cover the beauty you left us
At that time, the light was frozen into an old movie poster on the wall
We can still hear that cry clearly:
For the sake of victory, shoot at me
——Performance artist Liu Shilong.
Tribute written by: Yang Qifang
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