The first "Shangqiu Flavor" movie was born! A film with the theme of Yu Dongfang dialect and anti-japanese war, "I Am Not Wang Mao", landed on March 11, 2016 and was released nationwide in major theaters in China!
He, who had studied martial arts at the Shaolin Temple; he, the silly white sweet heroine who had a crush on qingmei bamboo horses; he, poor and white, was disliked by his father-in-law. Therefore, he resolutely sacrificed himself to join the army and saved money for his life. Along the way, he was first framed by the enemy of the same village, and encountered countless twists and turns...
The film "I Am Not Wang Mao" tells the absurd story of a Shaolin Temple's Shangqiu Disi male dog Leftover (not Wang Mao), in order to be able to marry the goddess in his heart - the daughter of the boss of the wine-making family Wang, Wang Mao's sister Xing'er, who sold himself several times to join the army and finally successfully counterattacked, and the playful Henan Yu Oriental dialect is even more laughing!
The reporter interviewed Li Haijiang, the screenwriter of this film, a member of the China Film and Television Association, and a screenwriter from Shangqiu Film and Television. Listen to him talk about "I am not Wang Mao", the story of the birth of this "Shangqiu wei" movie.
The film has a variety of Shangqiu elements,
The story of Shangqiu is told in the language of Yu Dongfang dialect
The movie "I Am Not Wang Mao" has a variety of Shangqiu elements. In the film, there are the city gate towers and city walls of the ancient city of Shangqiu, the courtyard and street buildings in the style of eastern Henan, there are words such as "Shangqiu County Recruitment Office", "Shangqiu County Linhe Town Township Office", etc. The story takes place is Shangqiu Linhe, of course, there is Also Shangqiu Wine - Linhe Wine in the film. The film tells the story of Shangqiu during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the main language is Yu Dongfang dialect.
The film incorporates a lot of dialect slang and folklore unique to Eastern Henan. The first line of the film, "You are a turtle grandson", is an authentic Shangqiu dialect. After the film's small-scale test screening, many celebrities in the Beijing film and television circle unconsciously used the Henan dialect "you are a turtle grandson", "blood turtle grandson", "blood breed" and so on as mantras to joke and greet each other... Because of this film, many celebrities in the Beijing film and television circle, such as Huang Hong, Xu Fan, MiJiashan, Huang Bo, etc., know Shangqiu and like Shangqiu.
At the beginning of the film, the first jump out of the vigorous and powerful characters - "I am not Wang Mao", these words are also Shangqiu elements, written by the winner of the first Chinese Calligraphy Lanting Award, a member of the Chinese Book Association, and a famous calligrapher from Shangqiu, Jia Changcheng. The ending song is a very charming Yudong qin book. The opening, the end of the film, and the Yu Oriental dialect in the film are all strong Shangqiu flavor.
Wang Mao's story has been in his stomach,
Like a stone without carving it
"The story is fictional, but there are archetypes, and there is such a character. When I was a child, my father, a Yu opera actor, often told me the story of my hometown. In Shangqiu, eastern Henan, the Kuomintang did not arrest Ding, and families with more than two brothers had to smoke a male Ding to become a soldier. Wang Mao's story is based on the fact that his family is poor and wants to earn money, so he pretends to be a soldier, which is the germ of my creation of the film script. The story of Wang Mao has always been in my stomach, like a stone that has not carved it..." Wang Haijiang talked about the original intention of creation.
The film "I Am Not Wang Mao" shows the cruelty of war through the perspective of a low-level person who pursues a simple dream in the social torrent, and also reflects the struggle and helplessness of the low-level small people under the background of the war years. And the formation of this work, Li Haijiang said that he has been brewing for a long time, has always been an important knot in his heart.
"Wang Mao's story was told to me by my father, the story that happened to him and him, and although I spent ten days writing the script in 2013, I have been brewing for more than 30 years. Until one day I saw the people selling soldiers in the past, I had the inspiration to finally adapt the story into this movie. ”
The film "I Am Not Wang Mao" is jointly produced by Bayi Studio and Suiyang District of Shangqiu City, with Huang Hong as the producer, director Zhao Xiaoxi as the director, and Wang Dazhi, Guo Jinjie, Ge Xiaofeng, Su Li, Luo Jingmin, Xu Jian, Lin Yongjian and other stars. Due to the relatively good foundation of the script, the shooting was smooth, and it took only 45 days to shoot smoothly, and the post-production was basically completed in a few months.
The film was originally planned to be launched in 2015 on the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, in order to achieve better distribution results, the distribution plan was changed 20 drafts, the schedule was adjusted 5 times, and the project meeting was opened 100 times... After being postponed, questioned, ignored, and cold, the film with a cost of more than two million yuan was made so well, and the distributor was determined to let more audiences see it! The film "I Am Not Wang Mao" will finally be released in major theaters in China on March 11, 2016.
On one side is the greatness of war,
The other side is the smallness of the people at the bottom
Through the largeness of war on one side and the smallness of the low-level characters on the other, the film unfolds the story in the personal pursuit of small people in this big environment. For how to view this contrast between big and small, screenwriter Li Haijiang believes: "War is cruel, but in this big environment, every character, whether big or small, has no way to get rid of it. In this context, those living at the bottom of society need to work harder and harder to achieve goals that are easily achievable by other classes. This is also the connotation that the screenwriter himself wants to express through this film. ”
In the play, originally the dog left to join the army was only to make money and marry his daughter-in-law, and he had no concept of war or aggression, but as the war deepened step by step, he himself realized that only when the country was not invaded and the people were not ravaged could he complete his dream of a small family. With the change of the dog's concept of leftovers, the value of this "small self" is gradually integrated into the concept of "big me". Of course, Li Haijiang also admitted that war is cruel and inhumane, so cherishing peace and opposing war is what this film ultimately wants to express.
Li Haijiang said: "If this movie is a war movie, it is better to say that it is a love film. "Many people think that the film expresses a patriotic feeling in the context of the War of Resistance, but in fact, the screenwriter wants to express the struggle life of a small person under the environment of war. Li Haijiang said: "We can't make war movies in Hollywood, and the cruel scenes of the war have been filmed badly, and the protagonist in the play, Dog Yu, did not initially fight for the country, but to marry his daughter-in-law, just to sell himself to fight for a small wish of his own." "In this process of one big and one small, the struggle and helplessness of the little people are magnified and sublimated through the background of war.
Praised by professionals,
Won many Chinese and foreign awards
This film, which has been praised by professionals, "I Am Not Wang Mao", boldly adopts an innovative black-and-white picture presentation method, rich plot, exquisite character portrayal, and excellent quality level, and has won many Chinese and foreign awards.
The film "I Am Not Wang Mao" won the Best Feature Film (Small and Medium Cost Nomination Award) at the 30th Golden Rooster Awards in 2015. Previously, at the second Zhejiang Youth Film Festival in 2014, "I Am Not Wang Mao" stood out from the 16 participating films with a good reputation of zero bad reviews, and won three awards of best film, best director and best screenwriter, becoming the biggest winner. The film also won the Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor Awards at the 6th Vientiane International Chinese Film Festival in 2014, the Excellent Film Award of the "Five One Project Awards" in Henan Province in 2014, the Excellent Film Award of bayi Factory in 2014, the "Best Film" Award of the 2015 Geo Saizescu International Film Festival in Romania, and many other domestic and foreign awards. The lead actor Wang Dazhi won the best actor at the Russian Bondalchuk Film Festival with this film, becoming China's first Russian film emperor.
Li Haijiang revealed that the film "Fang Zhimin", which he wrote as a screenwriter, will start filming in Yiyang, Jiangxi at the end of March. As a key film commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Long March of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, the film was produced by bayi Film Studio and will be filmed at the end of March in Shangrao Yiyang, Nanchang, Hengdian Film and Television City and other places in Jiangxi. The movie "Fang Zhimin" tells the story of the hero Fang Zhimin's experience of forming the Tenth Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and founding the Su District of Fujian, Zhejiang, and Gansu Province, leading the Red Tenth Army to the north to resist Japan, being arrested and imprisoned, and reshaping his character of daring to take responsibility and being loyal to the revolutionary cause and ideals.
Recently, the film "I Am Not Wang Mao" peking university movie viewing party was full, and this movie has achieved a good reputation of zero bad reviews in online film reviews such as Douban. The film is witty and humorous, with its ups and downs, portraying the fate of small people in the historical context, as well as witty irony and spicy humor. The unique theme of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the strong yudong township tone, and the bizarre tortuous experience make people look forward to the first "Shangqiu flavor" film...
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At that time, a film by the famous director Zhang Yimou, "Alive", was popular all over China, and that movie made us see the irresistible fate, and no matter how hard the rich and noble tried and repented, they could not go against the sky. Now the movie "I am not Wang Mao" is like the war version of "Alive", portraying the fate of small people in the historical background.
As the protagonist of the times, the dog leftovers in the gray and dark era, drifting with the tide, and at the beginning the ghost made The gods send soldiers, only to repay the kindness of their adoptive parents, and then join the army instead of Wang Mao. After accidentally hitting and knocking back a life, he found that although the Kuomintang army risked his life to fight, he could actually earn the ocean, which could help him complete his dream of marrying a wife. Then the dog left to join the army as a camp affair. On the battlefield, the dog left has no ambition to clean up the old mountains and rivers, and there is no self-confidence to defend the country, and some are just the thoughts of being lighter than hong mao, going home to build a tile house, and marrying his beloved woman, which is enough!
(Douban netizen Ah Chen) (Shangqiu Daily reporter Bai Peng)
Source: Shangqiu Network - Shangqiu Daily
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