19 first-line celebrities co-starred but became cannon fodder almost no one survived, Zhen Zidan was killed by a horse, Xie Tingfeng was twisted off his neck, Dawn was killed by a hundred enemies but finally died under the knife, Jacky Cheung was shot on the scene, and even Zhang Hanyu only had a few seconds of the picture.
Hello everyone, I am Bao Buping, who loves to watch movies and loves to fight unevenly, today we will explore this star-studded movie "October Siege".
"October Siege" as a movie that has been repeatedly replayed by CCTV, in addition to the story line of patriotic feelings, the actor's interpretation and the director's heartache are all written in it. On the eve of the 2009 release, director Chen Desen came to Nanjing alone, although it rained heavily that day without an umbrella, he looked different, he came to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum to face the tomb of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, read the words on his mouth and bowed deeply, and the words in his mouth were: "I did not insult the revolution when I made this movie, I just borrowed you as a great man to shoot those unsung heroes, I am very sincere, and this will be a very sincere film."
A few months later, "October Siege" was released as scheduled, and this film that had been prepared for ten years and almost made Chen Desen crazy was finally presented in front of the audience, Chen Desen sat in front of the big screen, and he did not worry about the fight for movies such as "Avatar" in the New Year file. For him to be able to finish this film has completed the most important thing in his heart, looking back at the previous decade, for this ill-fated film, everything he experienced was like a big dream. Ten years ago, director Chen Desen filmed two classic action films "Thief Spy" and "Purple Rain Storm", it is the film's good box office and reputation that make him favored by many capitalists, but as a director, he prefers to have a classic work of his own, rather than a formulaic commercial film. In a conversation with his friend Chen Kexin, he told his thoughts, and Chen Kexin's inadvertent words changed his life for the next ten years, Chen Kexin mentioned that his father Chen Tongmin had made a film that protected Sun Yat-sen as the theme of "The Bold Man", and he once wanted to remake but shelved it for various reasons.
With this idea, Chen Desen watched the movie that night, and then burst with inspiration, excitedly began to change the script and finally completed the "October Siege", but did not expect such an excellent script but was blocked by money, throughout the rapid development of Hong Kong at that time, there were few old buildings to shoot, so the idea of building a city came to his mind, but in the end it required 68 million investment. To know that at that time, Jackie Chan's "A Good Man" box office was only 45.5 million, Xingye's "King of Comedy" was only 29.8 million box office, just after the Hong Kong financial crisis, the Hong Kong film market declined, 68 million is nothing less than astronomical, but two years later, under his unremitting efforts, finally a Taiwanese bank investor Zeng Xianji was willing to invest half. But the other half is also not easy to find, fortunately, at this time Chen Desen's film "Secret Agent Maze" achieved a box office of 3000, which also made Zeng Xianji's confidence soar, so he decided to invest all, but did not expect that the accident came again so quickly, Chen Desen, who got the funds, finally began to establish the city in his heart, and "October Victoria City" was also changed to "October Siege" under the suggestion of his friend screenwriter Su Zhaoyi.
However, the film has encountered difficulties in casting, and Chen Desen's first list of actors has come out to make people difficult, including Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok, Li Ming, Jacky Cheung, Stephen Chow, Cheung Kwok Wing, Chow Yun Fat, Leung Chao-wai, and many other big coffee, which can be said to almost include the top of the entire Hong Kong film and television circle, but just after the actors gathered together, SARS suddenly came, and Chancheng, which is only 20 minutes away from the scene, is the place where the first SARS case occurred in the mainland, and all the members of the crew can only stop work. All withdrawn to Hong Kong. Looking for investment is almost crazy, looking for actors is also going crazy, this is even more crazy, but did not expect that the real thing that made him crazy is about to come, in 2004, after more than half a year, seeing that the central ring city has begun to see the prototype, the investor Zeng Xianji committed suicide, because the investor stock operation was deceived, Zeng Xianji committed suicide on his private yacht. This is like a thunderbolt on a sunny day for Chen Desen, and he is also involved in a lawsuit because he is suspected of laundering money for Zeng Xianji, and finally although he clarified his innocence, he confiscated all the funds, not only the director was crazy, the crew also looked at the "Central City" that was about to be completed in front of him, and then Chen Desen seemed to have disappeared.
This is four years, during which Chen Kexin is like a divine help in his career, but what surprises him is that his "Letter of Submission" was actually defeated by "The Gathering Number", and this victory or defeat also shows that the values of mainland audiences are still very patriotic. For this kind of patriotic theme movie, Chen Kexin immediately thought of "October Siege", so he excitedly called Chen Desen and told him that your drama could be filmed, but Chen Desen only faintly replied: "Will you build me that city?" This simple sentence is also Chen Desen's heartache for many years, for this city, he has been running back and forth for nearly 10 years, and even experienced all kinds of almost crazy, and Chen Kexin only replied with one word "good". "October Siege" has finally begun filming, but today's Hong Kong entertainment industry has been very different from before, Zhang Guorong committed suicide, Chow Sing-chi retreated behind the scenes, Li Jiaxin also disappeared, the four heavenly kings are Andy Lau and Aaron Kwok are still active, in the final decision under the new list is released: Zhen Zidan, Leung Ka Fai, Nicholas Tse, Li Ming, Wang Xuexi, Tsang Chi-wai, Fan Bingbing, Ren Dahua, Jacky Cheung and other 19 first-line celebrities, including 9 film emperors and a film queen.
In the play, Zhen Zidan changed the image of the tough guy in the past, and as soon as he appeared, he was the image of a gambler who was slapped by people, but it was such a small person who was beaten beyond recognition for the sake of national justice, and finally died tragically on the street by hitting a horse. Xie Tingfeng, who has always been handsome and handsome, only plays a small coachman with a scar on his face in the play, it is said that for this role he spends two hours of heavy makeup every day, which eventually leads to skin ulceration, and it is also such a small person, who is about to marry his beloved girl after just finishing his marriage, and he is also twisted off his neck because of national righteousness and brotherhood. In order to play a beggar, dawn of the four heavenly kings smeared honey and stinky tofu that had been placed for five days on his body, but he did not know that in the play he played a Wu Zhuangyuan, which also reflected the decline of the Qing government, and finally he relied on an iron fan to fight a hundred but eventually died under the knife. Wang Fuming, played by Battle, is just a tofu peddler, but in the end he was stabbed to death by a knife, and all of this is to protect a person, he is Sun Yat-sen, a great revolutionary great.
The role of Sun Yat-sen actually Liang Chaowei and Zeng Zhiwei wanted to play, and finally in the comparison of the three versions, the director left Zhang Hanyu this version, although he only appeared for a few seconds, but can you see that this is Zhang Hanyu? Throughout the play, it is Li Yutang, played by Wang Xuexi, and Chen Shaobai, played by Liang Jiahui, who have fought their lives for the revolutionary cause, but the other has lost his beloved son. Such a tragic and compassionate film reflects that era, not only the great people led the people to the light, but also countless nameless little people who gave up their lives for the revolutionary cause, and the revolution was never a single person, but a single heart, and the entire Chinese nation worked together. Just like the director said at the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum: "I just want to borrow you as a great man to shoot those unsung heroes", this is not only what the director wants to show, but also he wants to tell The Hong Kong people how hard-won the peaceful life today is, how many unsung heroes have come and gone to exchange their lives for it, and may we remember their contributions and cherish the current peaceful and happy life.
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