Cultural viewpoint | the first day of the release of the film "Chosin Lake" box office exceeded 200 million The audience paid tribute to the heroes who fought for us to fight for the mountains and rivers without harm

■Everyone knows that in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army defeated "more steel and more gas" with "less steel and less gas." In a battlefield of great disparity in strength, why was it the Chinese Volunteer Army that won the final victory? "Chosin Lake" does not deliberately dwarf the enemy, nor does it deify the volunteer soldiers. The film points out the fundamentals that dominate the success or failure of the war from a deeper level: everyone has "my motherland" in their hearts, and the deepest love for defending the country makes the volunteer soldiers fearless

"The eldest brother said, we both fought all the battles that should be fought, and we won't let you fight." At the beginning of the movie, Wu Qianli once cut off Wu Wanli's desire to join the army.

"I go home this time, and every time I go out on the street, someone will nod and smile at me. I don't know them, but they know me in this uniform. At the end of the film, Mei Sheng and Wu Qianli said that they should have retired from the army but returned to the team.

The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea went abroad to fight, Chinese the People's Volunteer Army for what it fought for and for whom it fought, and the movie "Chosin Lake" is talking in detail with the audience. Yesterday, the eighth Martyrs' Day of the Republic, the film was officially released on a special day. According to the data of Lighthouse Professional Edition, as of ten o'clock last night, the film's box office on the first day exceeded 200 million yuan. "Changjin Lake" is produced by Huang Jianxin, produced and directed by Chen Kaige, Xu Ke and Lin Chaoxian, and starring Wu Jing, Yi Qianxi, Zhu Yawen, Li Chen, Hu Jun, Duan Yihong, Han Dongjun and so on.

On the big screen, countless young people rushed to the battlefield. In order for the next generation to live in an era without the smoke of gunfire, and for future generations to no longer fight, more than 70 years ago, they used flesh and blood that was hotter than artillery fire to defend their homeland and fight for the mountains and rivers to be unharmed. After the premiere in Beijing, some elderly people solemnly saluted the big screen; after the Shanghai premiere, many viewers watched the subtitles roll and could not be withdrawn. The film shines into reality, and all over the country, regardless of age, how similar emotions circulate in the hearts of countless people - to the hero: we will always recognize the military uniforms on you, and now prosper and prosperous, as you wish.

In order to protect the next generation from the smoke of war, the "loveliest people" have traveled thousands of miles to the battlefield

On November 27, 1950, the Battle of Chosin Lake on the eastern front of the Korean Battlefield began. In half a month, in the extremely cold weather of minus 40 degrees Celsius, the Chinese Volunteer Army broke through the dilemma of lack of food and clothing, difficult supplies, and lack of air superiority, and severely damaged the elite troops of the US army. This extremely fierce battle made the whole world not despise the "peasant armed" Chinese Volunteer Army from now on, and also left an indelible name in the hearts of the Chinese people: Yang Gensi, Ice Sculpture Company and so on.

In the movie "Chosin Lake", the macro historical background and the figurative prototype of the battle hero are highlighted, but not all. The story enters from the perspective of the Wu family brothers, between virtual and real isomorphism, taking the audience back to see why the country that is in ruins and waiting to be rebuilt fought this battle, and what kind of a group of people crossed the Yalu River in 1950.

The years in Jiangnan Water Town were peaceful, and Wu Qianli returned home, holding the ashes of his brother Wu Baili on his chest. Catching the half-eldest child who took the lead in sprinkling joy on the shore and pinching his bun-like face, it turned out to be the youngest brother of the family, Wu Wanli. I thought that my brother would be able to sacrifice no more on the battlefield after that, but a military order recalled the soldiers, and even the 19-year-old Wu Wanli insisted on following. At the same time, the instructor Mei Sheng returned to the team, and his wife rode a bicycle to send it off, and one ride was a hundred miles. Jiangnan has delicate sketches of ordinary people's sons and husbands on the battlefield, Zhongnanhai, Beijing, thousands of miles away, and a close-up of young people waving goodbye to their fathers. Why should he become a soldier, the young man in Jiangnan replied, because the mother said that New China has just given up the land and cannot be taken away by the Americans; the young people in Beijing know that the US military invading Taiwan is violating China's territory, and "hitting one punch to avoid a hundred fists" is to open up peace for New China.

Yu Dong, the film's chief producer, said: "We just want to tell the audience why the new China, which is in ruins and waiting to be rebuilt, is fighting this battle." There is a very important line in the movie, 'If we don't fight this battle, it's left for the next generation to fight'. We hope to present the cruelty of war through film, to show the meaning behind the sacrifice. ”

In order for the mother to live in the house built by her own land, in order for the next generation not to suffer from the smoke of gunfire, as Shown in the line of Mao Anying in the film, "As soon as the motherland calls, hundreds of thousands of children of other families go to the front line", the heroes and children of the whole world share a guardian heart; also like the seven rosters that Wu Qianli carries closely, on the palm-sized book, every name, blue or with a blood-red square frame, each is the "most lovely person", and each one is born and dies for the sake of blood relatives.

There is no hero who cannot die, but everyone has "my motherland" in their hearts.

Everyone knows that in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army defeated "more steel and more gas" with "more steel and less gas." "Chosin Lake" uses the details that can be seen everywhere to restore the gap in military strength in that year. Incheon landed, and the U.S. military drove an aircraft carrier. The Chinese Volunteer Army took a train into North Korea, there was no air support, and the daytime march was threatened by air raids at any time. Not only are the weapons and equipment not at the same level, but the logistics supply is also very different. U.S. troops wear thick cotton uniforms, leather boots, turkeys, and hot coffee. And our volunteers, with a handful of fried noodles and a handful of snow, even cooked potatoes can break the teeth of soldiers in extremely cold weather.

In a battlefield of great disparity in strength, why was it the Chinese Volunteer Army that won the final victory? "Chosin Lake" does not deliberately dwarf the enemy, nor does it deify the volunteer soldiers, "Thunder Daddy" will cry out in pain, and the seven companies of 150 people have 677 soldiers. The film points out the fundamentals that dominate the success or failure of the war on a deeper level: everyone has "my motherland" in their hearts, and the deep love of defending the country makes the volunteer soldiers fearless, while the well-equipped American soldiers cannot find any reason to fight except for "quick battle and quick decision, Thanksgiving home". No wonder U.S. generals were struck by the scene of the "Ice Sculpture Company" and took off their hats to pay tribute: with such a strong-willed opponent, the Americans could not win this battle.

The film borrows Wu Wanli's eyes in greater detail and searches for answers with today's young people. Commander Peng and Commander Song strategized, Wu Qianli and Yu Congrong were not afraid of close-knit white-knife combat, Lei Suisheng's artillery platoon complemented Pinghe's long-range sniper attack, and Mei Sheng's urgency was born in wisdom... These are scenes of wisdom and courage on the battlefield. Wu Wanli went from a wild child breaking his shell to becoming a qualified soldier, from seeing the rivers and mountains of the motherland along the way to watching teenagers of the same age die before they arrived at the battlefield, from killing the enemy for the first time when facing death threats to listening to his brother Wu Qianli say, "Some guns must be fired, and some can not be fired"... These are the trajectories of a recruit's inner growth. The people of the Seventh Company did not teach him much, and the life and death, blood and fire he saw himself were enough for him to jump out of the initial shallow "kill 20 enemies is a hero".

Under the influence of his ears, what Wu Wanli wanted to fight for changed from making his brother look good to "making the enemy look good"; what he worshipped changed from "fighting heroes who could not die" to heroic spirit that dared to call for blood and ice; and what he wanted to defend was also from the fields assigned by his own family to the picturesque protection of the motherland.

After the Premiere in Shanghai, Chen Kaige, one of the directors, said that the reason why he wanted to shoot the autumn leaves of the Jiangnan Water Town, the thriving Tiananmen Square in Beijing, and the majestic and winding Great Wall was to photograph the close connection between home and country. "To contrast peace and war, and to compare the great rivers and mountains with the fierce battlefield, is to tell the audience with audiovisual evidence of what the Chinese People's Volunteer Army is defending with its life and death."

Author: Wang Yan

Edit: Jin Jiuchao