On the afternoon of July 31, the meeting of the creators of the drama "Shangganling" was held at the Suzhou Bay Grand Theater. Li Ren, the director of "Shangganling", Zhang Zhixiong, the actor of the action design and American soldier Jack Buche, Wang Yadi, the actor of the 4th Company Commander Zhang Weiguo, and Huang Zhaohan, the actor of Lin Lan, the only female character hygienist in the play, exchanged the artistic highlights of this epic red drama with the citizens of Suzhou. There was no deliberate sensationalism, no excessive performance, everything was the most simple and real display, but it made the audience, including the host, tear up in their eyes and feel awe.
The drama "Shangganling" is set against the background of the most tragic victory on the battlefield of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and the tunnel in the Battle of Shangganling is the main scene, telling the story of a cooking squad leader, a female hygienist, and a group of volunteer soldiers of iron will, who bravely and tenaciously held their positions in the face of strong enemy artillery fire in the face of food and water, lack of ammunition, and loss of communication with the organization.
At the meeting, the main creative staff showed the charm of the drama in an all-round way by sharing the unique art form of the play and the creation process of the play. "Everyone may have seen the movie 'Shangganling', but the story in our drama is re-excavated and refined, and it can be said that 99% is different from the movie." Director Li Ren said that one of the highlights of this drama is that the drama adopts the method of "small entrance and deep excavation" to show the difficulties of volunteer soldiers in fighting externally and surviving internally.
"In order to truly experience the sweltering heat in the tunnel, everyone turned off the air conditioner for high-intensity physical training, and after the training, a group of people could only get a bottle of water." The two actors who played the soldiers shared the behind-the-scenes story with the audience, mentioning that in order to be closer to the military temperament and show the life of the soldiers, before the formal rehearsal, all the actors of the crew also specially carried out a half-month of physical fitness and physical military training, and they laughed that the actors of the play had to be "reborn".
Since the premiere of "Eleventh" in 2020, "Shangganling" has quickly received great acclaim. Today, it has traveled to more than 30 cities across the country and more than 60,000 viewers have watched this work. In addition to the sharing of the main creators, the meeting also showed the oil paintings created by the famous painter, artist and educator Li Yucheng for the drama "Shangganling". It is reported that this is the first time that the "Shangganling" series of themed oil paintings has been publicly exhibited, and Li Yucheng, who failed to attend the scene, also specially recorded a VCR to tell the mental process of creating these oil paintings.
The play not only has a breakthrough in the story, but also has a very luxurious production lineup: Li Ren of the National Drama Theatre of China is the director, Gao Guangjian, the stage director of the National Centre for the Performing Arts who has cooperated with Zhang Yimou several times, is the stage designer, the award-winning designer of the costume modeling of the movie "JingKe Thorn Qin Wang" Mo Xiaomin is the costume design, in addition, the crew also invited the special effects team in the movie "My Motherland and Me" and "Eight Hundred" to be responsible for the explosion special effects of the stage play.
Under the "strong and strong cooperation" of all walks of life, the drama "Shangganling" highly restores the real battlefield scene, introduces stage audio-visual effects and explosion special effects with contemporary aesthetics and high-tech multimedia technology, and has made new breakthroughs in stage art and costume modeling, and the effect is realistic. The play will meet the audience at the Suzhou Bay Grand Theater during the "August 1st" period to pay tribute to the Chinese soldiers.
Yangzi Evening News/Purple Cow News reporter Gu Qiuping
Proofread by Faye Wong
Source: Purple Cow News