On October 1, National Day, the Shanghai Cinema Is bustling, and many citizens choose to celebrate the birthday of New China by watching the main theme blockbuster. On the second floor, a red poster of "My Father and I" hung up, looking jubilant, and a pair of white-haired old audience members held up movie tickets and posters for a group photo, looking for the shadow of their own era on it.
Produced by China Film Co., Ltd. and jointly created by Wu Jing, Zhang Ziyi, Xu Zheng and Shen Teng, the third part of the "National Day Trilogy" "My Father and I" has been released on September 30, according to the data of The Lighthouse Professional Edition, as of 15:03:59 on October 1, the box office of the film has exceeded 200 million yuan. On October 1, directors Wu Jing, Zhang Ziyi, Xu Zheng and Shen Teng came to Shanghai Cinema to share behind-the-scenes stories with Shanghai audiences. It is worth mentioning that the chapter of "Duck Prophet" directed by Xu Zheng tells the story of the birth of Chinese mainland's first TV commercial in Shanghai, and the prototype characters of that year also came to the movie hall to reminisce about this period of youth.
The four chapters have laughter and tears
The film "My Father and Me" continues the consistent tradition of the "National Day Trilogy" series, that is, the form of collective creation by many outstanding Chinese filmmakers. The four chapters of "Riding the Wind", "Poetry", "Duck Prophet" and "Young Man's Journey" have laughter and tears, presenting the family affection of home and country in the background of different eras. The blood sacrifice on the battlefield, the tenacity and forbearance of the astronauts, the unique insight under the wave of reform and opening up and the continuous innovation of modern science and technology, the four directors combine the feelings of home and country with the temperament of the author, closely integrated under the theme of "tribute to the fathers who spelled out the best era for us", connecting the sacrifices of our predecessors and our happiness today.
Wu Jing's "Riding the Wind" depicts the spirit of a pair of heroic fathers and sons of the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and their heroic dedication to the country and the people. The visual effect of the horseback riding battle in the movie is shocking, behind which is the hard work of the crew. Before the boot, Wu Jing fell off his horse and entered the hospital, encountering bad weather such as flash floods, heavy rain, typhoons and other bad weather during filming, and the busiest people on the scene were two ambulances and medical staff. "I hope that with the greatest sincerity, we can record those ancestors who sacrificed and dedicated themselves to new China." Today's prosperity is as they wish, but also let us cherish the good life more. Wu Jing said.
Zhang Ziyi's "Poems" is the chapter that makes the audience shed the most tears. "Poems" wraps the dream of spaceflight in romance and focuses on the hardships and hardships of China's first generation of astronauts. In the film, in order to launch the "Dongfanghong I" satellite, a couple who are busy giving up their homes and focusing on dedication, the timid sister grows up to become an astronaut and brings her mother's poems to space. "I hope that the audience can see that today we must inherit the spirit of our fathers and also contain the love of a great mother." Zhang Ziyi, who directed for the first time, began to be a little nervous, and she sometimes asked Xu Zheng for advice, "This is a very memorable shooting experience, and it is also a patriotic education for me." ”
Xu Zheng, who has participated in the "National Day Trilogy" series three times, is well aware of the pressure of this series, "Although each chapter is small and complete, the crew is seriously engaged, hoping to be liked by the audience." "Duck Prophet" continues Xu Zheng's Shanghainese humorous style, using small characters to tell the pioneering spirit of the early reform and opening up. Among them, the most difficult part is to restore the Shanghai in 1978, Xu Zheng took materials from his childhood memories, the huge movie poster signboard on Shanxi Road, and the old-fashioned taxi that looked like a "little turtle" were carefully made according to the way they were at that time.
Shen Teng, who wears a black title cultural shirt, contrasts sharply with Wu Jing, who wears the same style of white, and his "Young Man's Journey" uses the "happy twist" team, which is also the most amusing chapter in the whole film. Shen Teng is also the first time to direct the film, "Young People's Row" integrates robots, science fiction and other elements, telling the story of the robot "Xing Yihao" who came from the future accident to 2021 in the context of the new era, met a teenager who loves science, and the two encouraged each other to bravely chase their dreams. "The future is strong, the country is strong, the youth is strong, today's China has too many aspects worthy of praise, we use the way of crossing to express the theme of rejuvenating the country through science and technology." Shen Teng said.
"Duck Prophet" pays tribute to the innovative Shanghai "fathers"
"Duck Prophet" was filmed and filmed in Shanghai, and many Shanghai actors starred in it. The Shanghai elements that can be seen everywhere make Shanghai audiences smile from time to time when watching movies; it pays tribute to the spirit of innovation of those ordinary Shanghai fathers in the early days of reform and opening up, and also makes the audience moved and proud. In the movie, Xu Zheng played by Zhao Pingyang, the head of the sales section of Shanghai No. 2 Factory of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is jokingly called "Duck Prophet", life is a person who dares to taste the early, at the end, his son Zhao Xiaodong took the elderly Zhao Pingyang to the Shanghai Tower to overlook the old residence, and also echoed that it is the "duck prophets" who dare to try, and have the brilliant achievements of today's Shanghai urban construction.
"Duck Prophet" follows the Shanghai lane of the "Win the Championship" unit of "My Motherland and Me", and Xu Zheng calls back those familiar neighbors to reunite them in this movie. Zhang Zhihua of the Shanghai Film Actors Troupe is already the "golden supporting role" of Xu Zheng's filming of the series. In "My Motherland and Me", she played the neighbor who watched the volleyball game together in the alley; in "My Father and Me", she played the old couple who shot advertisements with the well-known director Zhang Jianya. Zhang Zhihua cried and laughed during the movie, and his mood could not be calm for a long time, "Thank you Xu Zheng for letting me participate in the shooting of three films, this team is very serious, creating such a good work, it is everyone's joint efforts to struggle." ”
The "first ad for Chinese mainland" in Duck Prophet comes from historical truth. In the movie, Zhao Pingyang paid for Shanghai TELEVISION station out of his own pocket to shoot an advertisement for the unsalable product "Ginseng Gui YangRong Wine", so that the product successfully sold well. Ye Songhu, the former marketing manager of the Shanghai Medicinal Materials Company who shot this advertisement, also came to the event site, and after watching the movie, he smiled and told Xu Zheng, "The film dramatically reflects the first advertisement created by Shanghai No. 2 Chinese Medicine Factory 43 years ago, but I also want to dramatically say that 'Ginseng Yangrong Wine' was originally a best-seller and is still the same." ”
Xu Zheng, director of "Duck Prophet", took a group photo with the mother and daughter of Zhou Minjuan, the heroine of the film prototype of the "Samgui Yangrong Wine" advertisement (her mother was a former female section member of the industrial department of Shanghai Medicinal Materials Company) and Ye Songhu, the former marketing manager of Shanghai Pharmaceutical Materials Company
In order to broadcast it before the Spring Festival in 1979, the medicinal materials company invited its own employees to participate in the filming as advertising actors. Zhou Minjuan, the heroine of the "Ginseng Yangrong Wine" advertisement, was taken by her mother who worked in the industrial department of Shanghai Medicinal Materials Company to shoot the advertisement together, just like the "Xiaomei" mother and daughter in the movie. The mother and daughter also came to the scene of the event, 43 years later, she still remembers the content of the advertisement at that time, "We went to the pharmacy to buy wine, we took it to the white-bearded grandfather's house to greet him, asked him to drink, after drinking, he was like in the film, thumbs up and praise." Slightly different from the advertisement in the movie that chose to shoot in Zhao Pingyang's home, this advertisement was initially filmed at Tong Han ChunTang on Yan'an Road, and then took a car to the "old man's home" to shoot. "I saw fuzhou road and jiangxi road in the movie, which is the place where we passed every day after work, thanks to the details of the film, let me recall the scenery at that time."
The wonderful stories of that year provided a rich source of creation for the film, and the wonderful film also passed on the pioneering spirit of a generation. After watching the film, a young female audience member excitedly said that she was a graduate student in pharmacy, and her research direction was the prescription of the Second Factory of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Shanghai. "Pharmacists like Tu Youyou, who have modernized prescriptions to the market, have also laid the foundation for us to reveal their effectiveness, and we want to bring Chinese medicine to the world." The film made me feel that we are standing on the shoulders of giants, and the work of our fathers has made China stronger. ”
The consistent theme of the "National Day Trilogy" is to base on the small people in the big era, showing the touching moments of ordinary people who are closely connected with the times and breathe and share the same destiny. In 2019, "My Motherland and Me" tells countless stories between "me" and the motherland; in 2020, "My Hometown and Me" takes space as the axis to show the nostalgia and nostalgia of different regions; in 2021, "My Father and My Father" shows the rapid development of the motherland in different eras, inherits the spirit of struggle of the fathers, and transmits the Chinese spirit and Chinese faith.
"In the film, the four directors are all protagonists, and they show the talent of the director. Their films have their own characteristics, and together they are particularly thick and expressive stories of love. Huang Jianxin, executive producer of "My Father and Me", said.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Shi Chenlu Text Editor: Shi Chenlu
Source: Author: Zhong Han