I think that at that time, there was no network, and a kind of thing called "internal reference film" made many people yearn for it. Perhaps many post-90s generations may be unfamiliar with the term "internal reference film", but for people in the 70s and 80s, if they were lucky enough to see internal reference films that year, it was really lucky.
(First of all, this article only discusses movies, not other content)
"Sunny Days"
For post-90s people, they can be spied in Jiang Wen's "Sunny Days". There is such a clip in the movie "Sunny Day". Ma Xiaojun and a group of children secretly sneaked into the movie theater to see the internal reference film in the dark, only to be discovered by the adults and all thrown out. At that time, Ma Xiaojun peeked at the movie, which was the very famous "Battle of Rome".
In fact, if you really understand that period of history, you will find that in fact, there is nothing special or mysterious about the "internal reference film". It was only because the people who participated in the translation and production work at that time had to keep the title and content of the film strictly confidential, and even their families were not allowed to disclose it, and the number of people who watched it was very small.
The Battle of Rome
As the name suggests, the full name is "internal reference film", that is, foreign films imported through non-commercial channels and exclusively for special groups or individuals to enjoy, this definition I think is the most comprehensive. In fact, internal reference films are not necessarily for the internal reference of senior leaders, nor are they necessarily formally acquired by the film archive, or they are only for internal learning reference in the industry.
There are three concepts related to internal reference films: introduction films, translation films, and "pass-through films".
Introduction of tablets
Generally speaking, "peripheral films" can be regarded as imported films, but they are not necessarily "foreign films". At that time, Hong Kong films were often "imported", but obviously, they were not "foreign films", and generally such films were supported by policies.
"General Patton"
Nowadays, if a movie wants to actually go into the cinema, there are some censorship processes to go through. Including content review, technical standard review.
Translation and production
Closely related to the introduction of films is the translation of films, because the introduction of films and translation of films have a lot of overlapping parts, often difficult to distinguish. We can only roughly say that the vast majority of imported films are translated films, and a small number of them are domestic films. Including dubbing and subtitles, etc., so you can see a foreign movie on CCTV-6 with an authentic and strange Chinese.
Passing pieces
The so-called "passing films" are films sent by foreign film companies to China Film Company for purchase, but these films, judging from the selection scale at that time, could not be purchased for public screening. To put it simply, these movies are "sample goods", and they have to be returned after watching them, and they are not ready to be released.
Shanghai Film Translation Factory at 383 Yongjia Road
Although "passing films" are different from imported films and translated films that obtain legal status, they can be classified as "internal reference films" for screening. In special years, it is regarded as a relatively special internal reference film.
At special times, these foreign films that were ready to be introduced, but could not be screened for various reasons, in addition to American films from the Soviet Union and Western Europe, also some private traders came in.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > early "internal reference tablets"</h1>
In the early days of liberation, American movies could still be seen in the cinema. When it came time to resist US aggression and aid Korea, it would be very difficult to watch American movies. However, filmmakers, due to the needs of the business, the screening hall of the Film Bureau will recall some copies of American films left before from the archives of the film system, and put some old films for the creators to use as research references. Take,over a million pounds, for example.
"Million Pound Sterling"
Of course, although some American films cannot be screened, many films from other countries can still be watched, although the number is not much, but the scope is still quite wide. Mainly films from the Soviet Union and the socialist countries of Eastern Europe, but there are also Western Europe, Latin America, Northern Europe, Japan, India and so on.
"Forty-first"
Like britain's "The Soldier's Experience", "The Prince's Revenge", "Million Pounds", "House of Sin"; France's "The Adventure of the Warrior", "Zorro"; Italy's "Bicycle Thief", "Police and Thieves", "Rome Eleven o'Clock", "Rome, the Undefended City"; India's "Two Acres", "Wanderer", "The Story of Two Cows", because it is "not in line with our national conditions", it is also screened as an internal.
"Flying Geese South"
Of course, there are indispensable Soviet related films, such as "The Wild Goose Flies South", "The Forty-first", "Ode to the Soldier", "The Encounter of a Man", "Clear Sky", "Man and the Beast", "Nine Days of the Year" and so on. Of course, except for "A Man's Encounter" and "Yan Nanfei" that have been released for a short time, the rest are used as "internal reference films".
《Isoroku Yamamoto》
Of course, there are also Films related to Japan's World War II, which were designed to pay attention to the resurgence of Japanese militarism. Including "Warlord", "Zero Fighter", "Yamamoto Fifty-Six", "Ah, Military Song", "War and Man" and "Kamikaze", etc., as well as the American "General Patton", "Battle of Midway", etc., the Soviet epic film "Liberation" and so on.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the popularity of "internal reference tablets"</h1>
In the 1970s, ordinary cultural products were gradually "disenchanted" with Chinese elements such as "taboos", "privileges", and "peeping". Reform and opening up have rapidly declined the space of these "cultural specials", replaced by commercial theaters in society and entered the homes of ordinary people. The logo began with the screening of Albanian, North Korean and Vietnamese films, including the North Korean film Flower Girl.
"Flower Girl"
Internal reference films were turned into public films, so watching reference films became a temporary trend. Whether it is people in the film circle or people outside the film circle, they have obtained tickets to watch through various channels. Thus a profession arose, scalpers who sold movie tickets.
Tickets to the movie at that time
These "imported" film sources have directly affected the production of domestic films, and even affected the style of the fourth and fifth generation directors. When the reform and opening up were further, the chinese film began to gradually shrink from world cinema to Hollywood.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the disappearance and impact of "internal reference tablets"</h1>
After the 1990s, China's reform and opening up became deeper and deeper, the national gate became larger and larger, and the boundaries of the so-called "internal reference film" became more and more blurred. It can even be said that it is already a product of a special period and no longer exists, but it still has a very important impact on the development of Later Chinese films.
"Early Spring february"
Whether it was from the film powerhouses of the time, the Soviet Union, France or the United States. The unique artistic characteristics of these films have left traces in the history of contemporary Chinese cinema in depth or shallowness, explicitly or implicitly.
For example, Tie Li's "Early Spring and February" boldly borrows from the Soviet internal reference film Uruszewski's "Wild Geese Flying South", especially the expression of photography, focusing on the use of allegorical scenes and scene blending photography techniques. In the spring of the town, the chill has not receded. Affection is like water, but you can't stop it. The intellectuals on the eve of the Northern Expedition swayed from side to side and wandered in fear. The loneliness of seeing suffering but powerlessness shows a special chill in the early spring and February.
With the success of reform and opening up, China is becoming more and more confident in its own culture! The internal reference film has become history, but it reflects some culture, which is worth commemorating!
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