Since history entered a new era, with the great popularity of entertainment culture, many people have begun to recall the bits and pieces of the revolutionary years, as well as those heroic stories that are magnificent and can be sung and wept.
It is true that every nation and every era needs heroes, and when we talk about heroes, we have to mention the amazing war waged by the great People's Volunteer Army on the Korean Peninsula with the Western camp led by the United States in order to safeguard the dignity and sovereignty of the Chinese and Korean peoples in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China.
In that exciting war, the volunteers gave birth to countless touching heroes, one name after another, echoing in the depths of people's memories. After entering the 21st century, the highly anticipated TV series "Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" has not been able to meet the audience for various reasons. It turns out that behind this is all related to a person.
In 2000, a revolutionary war DRAMA called "Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" was declared dead, I thought that this huge amount of money, bringing together a variety of well-known movie stars of the TV series will bring the audience the most extreme feeling, but for various reasons, postponed to the present day has not been released, in more than 20 years, many of the big-name movie stars who joined this movie have passed away, perhaps the vast majority of people have forgotten the existence of this TV series, but there is a group of people who have not forgotten - They are the staff who have been involved in the filming and creation of the entire TV series, as well as the artists.
The screenwriter of this TV series is named Zhang Xiaotian, before participating in the filming of "Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea", Zhang Xiaotian was already a well-known screenwriter in the mainland, at the age of 36, Zhang Xiaotian was selected to work in the Changchun Film Studio to work as a screenwriter and material, for him, to enter the Changchun Film Studio is never imagined before. Zhang Xiaotian, who found his own stage, soon formed an indissoluble relationship with the film "ResistING US Aggression and Aiding Korea".
Things have to start from the 60s of last century, when the Changchun Film Studio ushered in two special characters, one is Li Qiankuan, the other is Xiao Guiyun, as a high-achieving student of the Beijing Film Academy, a first-class academy at that time, it seems not unusual to come to Changchun Film Studio after graduation, but it is these two people who played a great role in the subsequent "War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea", and also greatly affected Zhang Xiaotian's artistic career.
Li Qiankuan and Xiao Guiyun were happily married by the same interests and careers, and in their careers, they created and filmed many popular red-themed film works, and this "War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" was officially put on the agenda after 1982.
At that time, the two were already well-known directors at home and abroad. Considering that the TV dramas on the theme of "Resisting US Aggression and Aiding Korea" at that time were too rare, Li Qiankuan and Xiao Guiyun decided to shoot a TV series with a strong lineup that was strong enough to cover all the major events and battles during the period, and the title of the work was directly taken as "ResistING US Aggression and Aiding Korea".
On the one hand, due to the factors of popularity and popularity, people are very much looking forward to how much sensation this new work of the two great directors can get; on the other hand, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, as the first international war after the founding of the People's Republic of China, has left an indelible mark in the hearts of all Chinese.
Of course, this matter has also been recognized by the state, and CCTV has said that the strong support for this upcoming TV series can play a certain leading role.
Since then, in order to maximize the artistic effect and influence of this TV series, the two directors can be said to have devoted themselves wholeheartedly to every detail of the production of the TV series.
For example, from the perspective of choosing actors, Li Qiankuan and Xiao Guiyun visited Gu Yue, a well-known actor at that time. As we all know, Gu Yue was a "national treasure" artist in the middle of the last century, and because of his appearance, he resembled the great leader Mao Zedong, so that Gu Yue's classic screen image for a long time was Chairman Mao. Based on this, before casting, even Li Qiankuan and Xiao Guiyun believed that Gu Yue was the male number one candidate.
Since the male number one Mao Zedong has already finalized the candidate, then who should Premier Zhou Enlai let play? After a while of thinking, the two of them took a fancy to Teacher Kong Xiangyu, and like Gu Yue, Kong Xiangyu was also a rare artistic master and well-known actor in China in the middle of the last century, before casting the "War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" TV series, Teacher Kong Xiangyu had played the role of Zhou Enlai in more than 20 revolutionary movies in a row, and it was well deserved to let him play Premier Zhou.
Later, in the casting of Commander Peng Dehuai, the two invariably contacted Teacher Ding Xiaoyi... In this way, slowly, the human arrangements for all the important characters are in place.
Of course, this movie is not only the old drama bones to join, in order to maximize the rendering power of this TV series, they even got strong support from CCTV and Changchun Film Studio, going to Russia, South Korea and the United States to search for relevant historical materials and archives, looking for suitable candidates for other supporting roles. In the end, great results were also achieved, with the full support of a large number of veteran actors in China and some artists from the United States, Russia and South Korea, in this way, the drama "ResistING US Aggression and Aiding Korea" is about to enter the most exciting shooting stage, and before filming began, Li Xiao and the two got another good news.
The good news is that CCTV has the support of the army, in order to interpret the visual effects and impact of the battle scene to the extreme, the army sent up to 100,000 troops to participate in the shooting, and the technical weapons that appear in the script are also directly provided by the army, tanks, aircraft, cannons and even warships... Such a big scene was almost unimaginable at the time.
According to the preliminary plan of the two directors, "Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" was set at the scale of 30 episodes, filmed for a year, and finally, in 2000, it was announced and submitted to the national leading group for review, and once approved, it could be officially listed to meet the audience!
Just when everyone was looking forward to this drama, they got an unexpected news: the TV series "Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" announced that the release of the tv series "Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" was postponed indefinitely.
What's going on here? Why did the state spend a lot of money and spend a lot of effort to hire well-known actors at home and abroad to shoot it, but it thundered and rained down to announce the indefinite postponement of this drama?
Originally, in 2000, when the drama was submitted for review, it was approved, and it was originally planned to be officially released in the Spring Festival file a year later, but with the changes in the international political situation and the mainland performing arts industry, the drama was finally declared a "life sentence" due to political factors.
In 2001, the United States had a "911 incident" that shocked China and foreign countries, the World Trade Center building was blown up by terrorists, the United States suffered a terrorist attack, for a long time, television and movies involving the theme of "America" were rejected by one vote, just as Yang Weiguang, director of the CCTV front desk, said in an interview: 2001 was a year of turmoil in the international political situation, and it was also a moment that touched the sensitive nerves of Chinese the United States. Only then did he have to postpone the "War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea," which was originally scheduled to be released in 2001.
If the "911 incident" is an external factor that has never been conceived, then the successive deaths of core personnel such as Gu Yue, Zhang Xiaotian, and Li Qiankuan are the internal causes that led to the final "premature death" of "Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea."
In addition to the death of their three highly respected artists, the other major actors have also entered their old age, and perhaps for the artists of the last century, they will never see the day when "ResistING US Aggression and Aid Korea" landed on CCTV in this lifetime.
Finally, the masterpiece, which was invested 33 million by the state and the Changchun Film Studio in the last century, announced its fate in an almost tragic way. Today, although the state can still bring audiences such as "King Kong Chuan", "Chosin Lake", "Shangganling" and other TV movies on the theme of resisting US aggression and aiding Korea, for many older generations, they are still eagerly looking forward to the day when "Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" will be released.
From the perspective of historical responsibility, "The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" does indeed carry the expectations and hopes of two generations, however, many things are not as simple as we think, Yang Weiguang said helplessly when commenting on the TV series "Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea": "Even works of art that are full of positive energy and conform to the concept of mass consumption must also consider the current political factors." ”
There are many aspects of the TV series that we have not yet learned, but none of them matter, and the answer will eventually be revealed at some point in the future.
Compared with the infinite postponement of "The War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea", the author believes that the old and withered bones of the old drama are the biggest regrets of this era, they are all rare talents in our country after the founding of the People's Republic of China, in these people, we can see far more than the historical characters and figures of the only portrait, but more of the chinese national spirit of the last century who is indomitable, unyielding, and can withstand countless tests and crises from the war and can still calmly cope with them and deal with them indifferently!
2021 is about to enter the final stage, perhaps we still can't wait for the good news of "ResistING US Aggression and Aiding Korea" this year, but for the Chinese people in the new era, this is no longer so important, "the most lovely people" will not be forgotten by us because of a movie and television series, Zhang Xiaotian, Li Qiankuan, Xiao Guiyun teachers who painstakingly created "Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" even if it can never be released, it will not affect the great status of these old artists, "Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea" It's just a humble little regret in the midst of many splendors.