Two days ago, I saw a joke, some self-media people compared "Fanghua" and "Garland Under the Mountain", and then wrote a few thousand words, I left a message under the article: "The former is not worthy of giving the latter shoes!" ”
May I ask, what is the comparison between the two? After watching "Fanghua" for a few years, what else can you remember besides the protagonist and a group of "white and long" thighs?
However, it has been 37 years since watching "The Wreath Under the Mountain", and the characters such as Company Commander Liang Sanxi, Zhao Mengsheng, Jin Kailai, Lei Junchang, "Little Beijing", Han Yuxiu, and Sanxi Niang in the movie are still vividly remembered.
I think that it will not take ten years to forget "Fanghua", but "Garland under the Mountain" is like an old wine, the longer it lasts, the more fragrant it will be, even if it is a hundred years later, it will bring people a strong shock and deep thinking.
Because, even in another hundred years, human nature is connected. And the brilliance of "Garland Under the Mountain" is this, every frame of it is torturing human nature, and every tear point is violently hitting our souls.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="01" > directly to human nature: bloody bills</h1>
In order to cover Zhao Mengsheng, company commander Liang Sanxi blocked the enemy's bullets with his flesh and blood, and when he fell to the ground and died, he did not have time to leave a last word, but found a bloody bill in his jacket pocket.
My bills
Borrowed 150 yuan from the director of the company
Borrowed the cannon platoon commander Jin Kailai 50 yuan
Borrowed 50 yuan from The Regimental Headquarters Liu Staff Officer
...... A total of 17 people are owed, 620 yuan.
Seeing this scene, I remember that the cinema at that time was already crying.
This scene, the penetration of human nature is incomparably huge, this martyr's blood bill makes us ashamed, although they did not hesitate when they gave their lives for the country, they were not rich when they were alive.
First from the left: Li Cunbao; Middle: Xie Jin
When reviewing the film that year, this plot was almost "killed" by the reviewers, believing that the plot was detrimental to the glorious image of the country in some aspects, but Director Xie Jin and screenwriter Li Cunbao were like an old hen protecting the little chicken, doing everything possible to protect this plot.
Yes, if this "arrears bill" is deleted, then the climax before the end of the play is gone, even if Liang Da Niang and Han Yuxiu come to the army with their children, that is, they go back with a military merit badge, which also makes the whole movie lack the final soul question.
What to do? The two sides were in a stalemate for a while, director Xie Jin was like an ant on a hot pot in a hurry, and deleting important plots in his heart was as painful as cutting his flesh, because it would destroy the overall perception and pattern.
In the end, there was no way, director Xie Jin and screenwriter Li Cunbao decided to go to the front line to interview again. Subsequently, Li Cunbao went to the grass-roots company of the front-line rotation battle to conduct on-the-spot investigations, and the soldiers generally reflected that "arrears of bills" were not an isolated phenomenon, and many martyrs left bills before they died, especially the soldiers in the old yimeng district of Shandong Province were more difficult.
When Li Cunbao handed over the record of the field investigation, this film that could be called a miracle after passing the review finally retained all the painstaking efforts and essence of the screenwriter and director, leaving a permanent classic for the theme of the self-defense and counterattack against Vietnam, which will surely shine in the history of Chinese cinema.
If the audience will cry when they see the "bill owed", then when Liang Daniang opens the small handkerchief layer by layer with her trembling hands, and then takes out the 70 yuan and 550 yuan martyr's pension for selling pigs to pay off the debt for her son, the whole movie theater will definitely cry.
According to the martyrs' pension standard, the pension standard for the troops participating in the war that year was 700 yuan for division-level cadres, 650 yuan for regiment-level cadres, 600 yuan for battalion-level cadres, 550 yuan for company-level cadres, and 500 yuan for soldiers.
Therefore, the pensions of company commander Liang Sanxi and deputy company commander Jin Kailai after their sacrifices were both 550 yuan, and Liang Daniang used her son's pension and the money from her own pig sale to make up 620 yuan to repay the debt, reflecting the noble spiritual quality of the people in the old area.
This scene that hit the soul and invigorated the deafening and deafened became the tear point of ordinary people at the same time, but also became the pain point of the leaders of the relevant departments at the upper level. This has to admit the powerful influence of works of art and the shocking power of human nature.
When "Garland Under the Mountain" was broadcast, it triggered extensive discussion and strong repercussions in the society, of course, it will also arouse the attention and reflection of the top level, the direct reflection is that the pension has increased fivefold, and the soldier's pension has risen from 500 yuan to 2500 yuan, and so on.
The film was strongly supported by yang dezhi, then chief of the general staff, who at the beginning of the counterattack against Vietnamese self-defense, Yang Dezhi, then commander of the Kunming Military Region, commanded the combat troops to launch a fierce attack on the Vietnamese army.
Therefore, after receiving a letter of help from director Xie Jin, General Yang Dezhi transferred an infantry division to support the shooting. A few months later, when General Yang watched the sample film, he was moved to cry and weep and said, "There is no such a good warrior in the world!" ”
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="02" > tortures human nature: "China is mine, but it is also yours."</h1>
The reason why I say that this film can be called a miracle to pass the trial is because director Xie Jin not only dares to use the "bloody arrears" to sting the nerves of some people, but also dares to face the deep-seated problems in the military, which is the artistic reproduction of the profound ideological nature of the film.
Doesn't it feel strange that this movie was produced by Shangying? One is that the film is adapted from the novel of the same name, which belongs entirely to the contemporary military genre; the other is that the author of the novel and the screenwriter of the film is Li Cunbao, who is an active soldier who went to the front line to interview.
Military themes, active soldiers, these two elements are enough to attract the attention of the Bayi Film Studio, because the novel of the same name was all over the country, and the Bayi Factory could not be unaware of the importance of this movie.
However, Bayi Factory wants to delete some of the "sensitive" plots in the script, and to put it bluntly, it is afraid to shoot. But Shangying patted his chest to let Xie Jin take over the script and made a promise to Li Cunbao: to ensure the greatest respect for the original work.
Don't underestimate the fact that people "dare to shoot their breasts", daring to shoot their chests on key issues is brave and responsible, because when this movie was filmed, the social shadow caused by that "special era" had not completely dissipated, and it was easy to bring disasters to make "this kind" of movies.
The negative characters in the movie are Wu Shuang and Zhao Mengsheng's mother and son, who want to do everything possible to transfer her son back to the rear, and Zhao Mengsheng, the brother of the prince, cannot bear the suffering of the grass-roots company.
The problem is acute, even to the point. Wouldn't it be afraid to affect the military's morale by daring to broadcast such a problem in public before the end of the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam? Not afraid to create a class confrontation between civilian fighters and high-ranking cadres?
This film plot that dared to torture human nature caused a violent reaction in the army and society at that time, but the cleverness of the director and screenwriter was that in the end, Zhao Mengsheng, a death-afraid ghost, was hardened into steel in blood and fire, and became an excellent grassroots commander like company commander Liang Sanxi.
When the company was pulled out, Zhao Mengsheng was still busy with curve movements, and at this time, Liang Sanxi, the company commander who could no longer tolerate it, said to Zhao Mengsheng with a trembling voice and full of affection:
Raise soldiers for a thousand days, and use soldiers for a while. This country is mine, but it is also yours!
At this time, Liang Sanxi's eyes were tearful, he was almost using the way of crying blood and persuasion, trying to arouse the bloodiness of men and the feelings of family and country in the depths of Zhao Mengsheng's heart, is there anything more shocking than this moving line, questioning human nature?
In order to promote the complete transformation of Zhao Mengsheng, so as not to let the audience feel that Zhao Mengsheng's transformation is too screwed, a big drama of "throwing hats and scolding women" was staged by Lei Zhen, who was known as the "Thunder God".
This speech drama of "Thunder Fury" is a declaration of war issued by justice to evil, a resounding slap in the face of fairness and justice fanning to the "curve transfer", and a reassuring pill for the children of civilians on behalf of the top level of Commander Lei.
In the face of war, there is no "high cadre" privilege!
Of course, the character of Zhao Mengsheng is fictional. In fact, there were many truly high-ranking cadres who were not afraid of sacrifice and handed over a qualified answer sheet to the motherland and the people with their blood and lives.
For example, the prototype of Lei Kaihua, the "Little Beijing" who died in the movie, is Zhang Li, the only son of Zhang Zhixin, the commander of the 160th Division of the 54th Army, who was only 21 years old when he died. In the 54th Army of that year, there were still many high-ranking cadres and disciples who rushed to the battlefield.
When Zhang Li sacrificed, the last words left behind were: Dad, I did not embarrass you.
In early 2009, Zhang Zhixin often dreamed of Zhang Li, so he decided to go to the Guangxi Martyrs' Cemetery to visit his son, and when he touched his son's tombstone, he was already in tears:
"Son, the proudest thing Dad has done in his life is to let you go to the front line to fight." However, this is also the most painful thing for Dad. ”
In February 2013, Zhang Zhixin died of illness in Shandong.
tension
Zhang Zhixin is the head of the division
The wreath on the right was given to his son by Zhang Zhixin
Zhang Li's mother was in front of the tomb
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03" > hit the soul: "See you at the martyrs' cemetery!" ”</h1>
Although he did not have Liang Sanxi's tall stature or Zhao Mengsheng's good family, his rough, frank, bold, and grinning personality was deeply liked by grass-roots officers and men.
Why? Because Jin Kailai's "fearless" people are real, simple, and easy to communicate, as if you and I have the existence of such people around us, in the simplest words, Jin Kailai is grounded.
The reason why he said that he was liked by officers and men at the grass-roots level was that Jin Kailai dared to tell the big truth that others did not dare to tell, and he could also point out to the point that other officers and men were not accustomed to problems; such a person did not like the "above", but the people around him liked it.
The reason why I said the line "See you in the martyrs' cemetery" hit the soul directly, because Jin Kailai was very calm, very calm, and very peaceful when he said this sentence to Liang Sanxi, and he did not say it as an impassioned look, nor did he have the arrogance and fierceness of "shouting slogans".
Jin Kailai said that the cloud was light and the wind was light, and even there was a smile hanging from the corner of his mouth, and in this context, saying this line with such an expression and an understated tone was the most shocking and penetrating.
This sentence is enough to shock the audience's heart, penetrate the softest part of our hearts, and then make us shout "Hurry, hurry!" for the fearless sacrifice spirit of the revolutionary martyrs who regard death as a homecoming. "True hero also!"
After Jin Kailai's sacrifice, because he violated the discipline of the masses and cut sugar cane, his superiors did not even give him a third-class merit, which became a kind of deep reflection and interrogation brought to the society, and also aroused a strong emotional resonance among the audience.
Deep and acute questions like this, instead of avoiding it in the film, appear one after another and cry hysterically. From this, I have to admire director Xie Jin's sense of responsibility, mission and spirit of responsibility.
The film premiered during the Two Mountains Controversy, when nearly 200 million people walked into the theater to watch, and it is estimated that hundreds of millions of people sat in the cinema and cried bitterly, or even cried.
On November 7, 1985, the movie "Garland Under the Mountain" entered Hong Kong, which has not yet returned to the embrace of the motherland, and changed its name to "The Soul of the Patriotic Army" for 14 days.
At that time, the film also caused a huge shock in Hong Kong, earning 3.46 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, which is the highest box office record for a domestic film in Hong Kong more than three decades after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Nowadays, the kapok in the south has bloomed, so let us pay tribute to the martyrs with deep respect:
This is prosperous and prosperous, as you wish!