Modern Express News (reporter Li Yisuan Song Jingwei) "Ninety-nine that sunny day came, eighteen-year-old brother sat by the river, the east wind blew that windmill turned, broad beans and flowers fragrant wheat seedlings fresh ..." This well-known "Nine Nine Sunny Days" comes from the classic movie "The Story of Liubao". And "The Story of Liubao" and Jiangsu are inextricably linked.
△ Poster of "The Story of Fort Willow"
Yangzhou Liubao Town, named after this movie
The "Four Histories" educational film class jointly launched by eight departments in Jiangsu is being held in various places, and among the 20 film lists, "The Story of Liubao" has become one of the "big hits".
The Story of Fort Willow was released in 1957 and was directed by Wang Ping. The film tells that at the end of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, when a company of the New Fourth Army was training in Liubao Fort, Li Jin, the deputy of the fourth class, fell in love with the second sister of the landlord's daughter. Song Wei, who was an instructor, dissuaded him. After the troops left Liu Fort, the second sister was snatched away by Liu Beard, a goblin. The younger brother Xiaoniu reported to the troops, and the New Fourth Army led people to rescue the second sister. Soon, the troops were going on an expedition, and Li Jin once again gave up his personal emotional needs and went south with the army. Five years later, Li Jin became a company commander, and the second sister joined the party and became a cadre. On the grain delivery ship supporting the south, Li Jin and the second sister met again...
The Story of Liubao is an adaptation of a true story, and in 1950, the story adaptation was originally published in Nanjing Literature and Art, which was loved by many readers, and then the plan to create a film based on it was also put on the agenda. After Huang Zongjiang and Hu Shiyan completed the script of the film, the task of shooting the film was handed over to Wang Ping, a director from Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, who was also the first female director in New China.
After several twists and turns to determine the actor of the "second sister", Wang Ping led the crew to Liubao Town, Baoying County, Jiangsu Province, to shoot a play. LiuBao was originally called Liu Baotou, later renamed Liu Batou, hu Shiyan in the process of script creation, the name Liu Batou artistic treatment of Liu Baotou as Liu Bao. After the release of the movie, Liu Batou was also renamed "LiuBao".
The idyllic and beautiful scenery of Jiangsu Water Town is vividly displayed in "The Story of Liubao". At the beginning of the film, the small bridges and flowing water in Jiangnan, the endless countryside and the rotating windmills all laid the foundation for the development of the feelings between the deputy squad leader and the second sister, and also added a lot of color to the simple and simple emotions between the two of them.
64 years later, "Nine Nine Sunny Days" is still so moving
After the release of "The Story of Liubao Castle", the interlude "Nine Nine Sunny Days" quickly spread throughout the north and south of the river and was loved by countless people. Behind the song, there is also an interesting story.
At that time, after "The Story of LiuBao" entered the actual shooting stage, screenwriter Huang Zongjiang believed that according to the characteristics of the film, a folk song should be put in it to better set off the atmosphere of the film. This task was given to the composer Gao Ruxing.
Gao Ruxing's creative efficiency did not disappoint everyone, and a few days after receiving the task, he wrote the song. On this day, the film's main creators were gathering for dinner, Gao Ruxing and director Wang Ping sat at a dinner table, and Gao Ruxing sang a song quietly and seriously, which was "Nine Nine Sunny Days".
Wang Ping was fascinated by it, and did not even eat food, and after listening to it, he said happily, "This tune is the same as my imagination, the song of this film is to be beautiful and beautiful, I can see it, you can ask Director Chen to listen to it again, after he agrees, we are so fixed!" "
64 years later, "The Story of Fort Willow" re-appeared on the big screen, and whenever "Nine Nine Sunny Days" sounded, the audience would always hum in the auditorium. Although the years have passed, the classics still bring people's feelings.
Since April 20, sponsored by the Propaganda Department of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee, the Working Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Organs, the Party History Work Office of the Provincial Party Committee, the Education Working Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Film Bureau, the Provincial State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, and the Provincial Federation of Trade Unions, and hosted by the Modern Express +, the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, and supported by the China Film Archive, the "Four Histories" Education Film Class was officially launched throughout the province. This "The Story of Liubao" has also been selected as one of the 20 classic films in the film list, in addition, there are "Liberated China", "White Haired Girl", "Shangganling", "Five Golden Flowers", "Daughter of the Party", "The Eternal Radio Wave", "The Red Lady Army", "Song of Youth", "Red Flag Spectrum", "Early Spring February", "Li Shuangshuang", "Wildfire Spring Wind Fighting Ancient City", "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", "Heroic Children", "Sentinel under Neon Lights", "Eternal Life in the Fire", "Shining Red Star", "Little Flower", "Long March" and so on. From mid-to-late April to October, the films will be screened in 300 designated theaters in 13 districted cities in Jiangsu, with a uniform preferential price of only 20 yuan per ticket.
(Courtesy of China Film Archive)