Punch a punch, so as not to have a hundred punches coming.
Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, defend the family and defend the country.
If we don't fight this battle, it will be fought by our next generation.
Foreigners look down on us, and dignity can only be achieved on the battlefield.
This line comes from the war-themed film "Chosin Lake", which was released on September 30, which greatly shows the true story of the volunteer soldiers in the Battle of Chosin Lake, which makes people cry.
In the 22 days since its release, the film has broken through 5 billion at the box office, ranking third in the Box Office list of Chinese films, and the next step will be the impact on "Hello, Li Huanying" and "Wolf Warrior 2".
The theme of war has always been the favorite film theme of directors and screenwriters, and in recent years, there have been many war theme films released, such as "Eight Hundred", "Fanghua", "Red Sea Action", "Gathering Number" and other excellent films.
37 years ago, there was a classic war film, which can be called the ceiling of Chinese war movies, not only the Douban score is as high as 9.4, but also ranks third in the world's top 100 war films, only after "Beautiful Life" and "Schindler's List", and it is also the only Chinese war film selected in the top 20.
37 years later, the charm of this film is still there, it can still make people emotionally excited, and it makes people cry, compared with the 5 billion box office of "Chosin Lake", I think "Garland Under the Mountain" is worth 10 billion.
01. Story
The film revolves around the Ninth Company of a sichuan unit.
Zhao Mengsheng, who was the brother of gongzi, was transferred to Jiulian to be "gilded", and he only used Jiulian as a springboard for his own transfer, and did not really want to stay here.
Pampering, stumbling, and lack of ability to serve the public made the soldiers of the company, especially the platoon leader Jin Kailai (He Wei), dissatisfied with him, and the positive contradictions continued.
Especially on the eve of the war, Zhao Mengsheng retreated from the battle, making everyone angry.
In the end, the commander's hat, the company commander's heartache, and Jin Kailai's angry scolding awakened the fighting spirit in Zhao Mengsheng's heart, and he wanted to go to the battlefield to prove that he was "not a bear, but a hero."
The battlefield was far more brutal than he thought, Little Beijing was killed because of two rotten eggs, Jin Kailai stepped on a landmine in order to quench the soldiers' thirst, and company commander Liang Sanxi sacrificed to save Zhao Mengsheng... All this kind of thing finally aroused the bloodiness in Zhao Mengsheng's heart, and he raised his grenade and rushed to the cave...
The war is over, the most touching emotional drama begins, there is no heart-rending crying, only pain that goes deep into the bone marrow, making people cry several times.
Although the war scenes in this film are very real and cruel, the most touching thing about this film is not the 20-minute war scene, but the emotional drama of the characters in the film after the war.
Whether it is Liang Sanxi, his wife and elderly mother, or the military commander who has lost his only son, or jin Kailai's rudeness and tenderness, or Zhao Mengsheng's transformation and growth, it can touch the softest place in the audience's heart.
This is also the excellence of director Xie Jin, portraying each character very realistically, and also depicting the emotions between people in that era very moving.
The contradiction between brutal war and real emotions gives people a deeper shock.
Xie Jin did not use a large number of direct words and pictures to tell the greatness of the soldiers, but used a variety of delicate emotions to foil, so that the audience can really walk into those emotions and feel the dedication of the soldiers who participated in the war.
02. Criticism of reality
This film does not only show brutal war scenes, but has a deeper connotation, and many details are deeply critical of some problems.
The first is the "special treatment" of the children of high-ranking cadres.
Zhao Mengsheng, who was a high-ranking cadre, in order to transfer the Ninth Company to gilded, in order not to go to the battlefield, his mother called the commander directly.
In sharp contrast to this, the platoon leader Jin Kailai, before the war began, no matter how many times he applied, Jin Kailai was just a platoon leader and could not be promoted.
But at the beginning of the victory, Jin Kailai was promoted. Veterans who have been in the battlefield naturally understand what this means, "Before the war, I was rewarded with an officer who was sent to death", "Come, see you at the martyrs' cemetery." "One can't help but reflect.
The second is the criticism of "arms waste."
On the battlefield, Little Beijing, as the son of a military commander, took the initiative to blow up the enemy's bunker, but he had no choice but to throw two shells in a row, and Little Beijing was also shot and killed.
At this time, director Xie Jin made a large close-up of the production time of the shell, in 1974. Those who know history know what happened that year, and it is also a critique of the military waste at that time.
The third is the criticism of [Vietnamese relations].
The film repeatedly shows the criticism of Vietnamese relations, our fighters do not have enough food, but they find a large amount of rice donated by China, compressed dry food, etc. on the enemy's position.
Add to that two heartfelt lines : "20 billion, feed the unfamiliar wolf cubs!" "I don't believe in 20 billion, I can't get back two bundles of sugar cane!" It is impossible not to be sad, and it also makes people awe-inspired by the director's "dare to shoot".
Then there is the reflection on [wartime discipline].
There was a serious shortage of water on the battlefield, and at this time, Jin Kailai violated the rules and led several soldiers to cut sugar cane, and he also stepped on the thunder and died.
After the war, Jin Kailai did not receive a military merit badge. This question is also worth pondering.
I have to say that Xie Jin was really "dare to shoot", and at that time, he dared to use close-up shots to show these practical problems in the film, which was both thought-provoking and admirable.
03, real war scenes
In order to make this film well, xie Jin wrote letters to several commanders of the military region in order to make this film and strive for authenticity, hoping to get their support.
In the end, both the Yunnan Military Region and the Chengdu Military Region provided great support for the film, and many of the soldiers and weapons that appeared in the film were real appearances of real soldiers and equipment, which also made the film more realistic.
Moreover, the shot of thousands of bullets firing in unison when the Ninth Company set out for the Vietnamese front is also real, which is the real scene recorded by director Xie Jin during the military exercise.
Such a scene, both grand and shocking, is incomparable to the war scenes produced through technology and special effects.
In addition, the scene of the troop march in the film is also completed by the real soldiers.
It is Xie Jin's serious and realistic spirit that makes the war scenes in this film extremely ornamental, even after 37 years, even if countless war-themed films have emerged, this film is still the ceiling of war films, and it is the best war type film so far.
04, the three leading actors have been scolded by the director [angry]
Xie Jin, who watched the original work and understood the true deeds of the soldiers, went to shoot this film with a reverential mood, and it is understood that he also made a military order with his career, so he is particularly serious, and it can be said that he can't rub sand in his eyes.
However, during the filming process, there were some small episodes, which made Xie Jin very angry.
Before the filming of the film, Xie Jin organized the cast and crew to party with the soldiers of the military region who provided great support for the film, one is to thank, and the other is to let the actors get closer to the soldiers and understand the soldiers, so as to show the temperament and state of the soldiers more realistically in the shooting.
However, the three leading actors Lu Xiaohe, Tang Guoqiang and He Wei were actually late on the day of the party, leaving many soldiers and cast members waiting.
It turned out that on the day of the party, the three people saw that the time was still early, and they were ready to go out for a walk and rush back before the party began. But it did not happen, Tang Guoqiang, who was already famous, was surrounded by the masses, and the three of them delayed the time in order to "break through".
The three people who rushed to the scene of the party saw Xie Jin with an angry face and knew that they had made a mistake. After Xie Jin's angry rebuke, he bowed deeply to the warriors, until the warriors applauded and Xie Jin relaxed.
This episode reflects Xie Jin's emphasis on the filming of this film and his respect for the soldiers, and let the three leading actors also learn a lesson, and they are particularly serious in future shooting, and finally create a classic film.
It is worth mentioning that after the release of this film, it also caused great social benefits, and the pension of soldiers who died in this war was greatly improved.
Now, 37 years later, war-themed films are popping up one after another. With the advancement of special effects technology, the war scenes in the film have become more and more grand and shocking, however, so many films can not shake the status of the ceiling of "Garland Under the Mountain", which is not unrelated to the display of real war scenes in the film.
Finally, I would like to conclude this article with a single sentence, also paying tribute to the sacrificed warriors, "May this prosperity and prosperity be as you wish." (Author: West Window Snow)