Source: Global Times
As a childhood memory of several generations, the domestic classic animation "Tianshu Qitan" will reappear on the big screen in the form of a "4K restored version" on the 5th, which is a late "surprise" for today's audience, especially after the 70s and 80s. Although many people are impressed by the brave egg, the kind Yuan Gong, and the cunning fox spirit, they only watched it in the TV set in their childhood, and never had the opportunity to see the whole film in the theater.
In fact, "Tianshu Qitan", which was born in 1983, is one of the most important feature film masterpieces of Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio, and compared with the equally well-known "Tiangong Tiangong" and "Nezha Noisy Sea", "Tianshu Qitan", which was born out of the long divine and demonic novel "The Legend of Ping Demon" compiled by Luo Guanzhong and Feng Menglong, has a larger adaptation and originality in plot and style. Directors Wang Shuchen, Qian Yunda and many of the older generation of animators have invested 4 years of painstaking efforts, using a large number of traditional art techniques in the animation, adding folk cultural elements such as paper-cutting and clay sculpture, while integrating flexible modern perspective techniques and smooth narrative rhythms, and the story of "Yuan Gong stealing heavenly books, learning art from eggs to benefit the people, and eliminating fox spirits for the people" is witty and vivid, and interesting.
38 years later, "Tianshu Qitan" met the audience again, and 6 of the 12 creators on its latest poster have long passed away. Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio successfully restored "The Haunting of the Heavenly Palace" in 2011, and the 4k digital restoration work of "Tianshu Qitan" launched in 2018, with the support of Shanghai Film Technology Factory, maintains the original animation texture and brushstrokes, while removing scratches and mold, and strives to present the most perfect picture to the audience.
In addition, Shangmei Film also re-divided the soundtrack and completed the soundtrack through professional and technical means, while retaining the original voice of the older generation of dubbing artists such as Bicker, re-adding the orchestration and symphony, and finally reaching the sound channel suitable for today's cinema standards.
After meticulous and professional "digital restoration" work, "Tianshu Qitan 4k Commemorative Edition" is far from being as simple as "fried cold rice", but a re-excavation of China's classic animation and cultural treasures, which has a heritage value that cannot be ignored for the rising national comics and animation industry. (Dong Ming)