China's most mysterious screenwriter
In 2000, Jiang Wen's "The Devil Is Coming" refreshed the three views of domestic films. Although everyone knew that Jiang Wen had taken a sharp side since "Sunny Days", no one expected that Jiang Wen's transformation 20 years ago was still very thorough, especially the later pickiness and harshness of the script, starting above the "devil". So for a time many gold-medal screenwriters were discouraged, so that for a long time he also became a wong kar-wai-like presence in the eyes of movie fans, shooting a play or a drama for several years.
Then again, which king wrote the "Devil Is Coming" that made Jiang Wen also fascinated? Let's take a look at the mysterious writer's previous work—
In 1995, Wang Zhiwen and Liu Peiqi starred in the spy drama "Tracking Without Regrets". This drama can be called the masterpiece of Wang Zhiwen's line acting skills, if it were not for the appearance of this screenwriter, the villain Guo Xiaopeng in "Black Ice" would probably be postponed for several years from "sealing the gods".
Needless to say, in 2000, "The Devil Is Coming", Zhang Yimou's "Three Guns Shooting Surprise" in 2009, and the horror remake drama "A Pair of Embroidered Shoes" that shocked the earth and wept ghosts in the mainland that year, all came from his handwriting. We can't help but sigh that if there really is this person in the world, then he is really mysterious enough! The works are all on fire, but everyone still doesn't know his name, which is really not much to say. Now let's remember his name, Shi Jianquan.
The greatest screenwriter and the best actor, which do you love more?
Shi Jianquan once said that if the story synopsis is smooth, it will take about 30 to 40 days to complete a film script. The time to make the synopsis is difficult to say, it may take several months, or it may be half a year to figure out a good "drama core". As long as there is a good "drama core", it will be written quickly... And this war blockbuster "Liberation endgame rescue", which is known as the "Chinese version of soldiers in the city", is in such a situation, ten years to grind a sword.
Once upon a time, Shi Jianquan smoked in the dark corridor while conceiving "a pair of embroidered shoes", although the important bridge section was changed several times, but even so, the play has become a classic in the minds of a generation. The film "Liberation Endgame Rescue" written by him this time has the smallest time span compared to all his previous works, but it can be described as huge and grand in both the performance lineup and the scale of the scene.
Let's take a look at the film's cast first. Judging from the trailer released first, it is destined to be a rallying number of middle-aged and young generation stars. Zhong Hanliang, the actor of the male protagonist Yao Zhe, needless to say, is a powerful faction that was "trained" by Du Qifeng. "Drug War", "Threesome", "After Forever", "To Catch a Demon", "History of the Demise of Romanticism"... Even in the suspense action film "Amazing Reversal", the acting skills forced the Korean acting school Lee Jung-jae. It can be said that There must be no mistake in Zhong Hanliang's film.
And Jiang Haowen (playing Qian Zhuoqun), who appeared as a major villain, has been thriving in the Chinese film industry in recent years, not only has a wonderful opponent scene with Andy Lau in "Bomb Disposal Expert", but even in niche genre films such as "Trish", it can also be equal to the drama bone Hui Yinghong. He can achieve great success late, not because of anything else, but because of the depth of his acting skills. Therefore, this time, Qian Zhuoqun, the villain figure, gave him the space to give full play to his acting skills. In particular, playing a cunning Kuomintang officer, this movie is destined to be more than just a war blockbuster.
In addition, the film also gathered a new generation of stars such as Zhou Zhouwei, Zhong Chuxi, and Wang Zhen, especially Guo Qilin, the son of the famous cross-talk artist Guo Degang, played the role of "Ermao", so that Wang Xun, who had a superb performance in the comedy film "Crazy Stone", and Pan Binlong, who played the second character in "Di Si Men", played Ma Aunt and Wan San respectively, injecting vitality and vitality into the heavy theme of "war and peace".
For a movie, build a "Tianjin Old Town"
The movie "Liberation and Endgame Rescue" is based on the "Pingjin Campaign", one of the three major battles of the Liberation War, mainly telling the story of the eve of the general offensive of the Pingjin Campaign, Cai Xingfu, commander of the artillery reconnaissance company of the People's Liberation Army, and Yao Zhe, a Kuomintang quartermaster with a sense of justice, temporarily formed a team to carry out a special fire line mission, and then a move with an outnumbered enemy quietly unfolded... In the face of the seemingly "impossible task", they crossed the battlefield filled with smoke and smoke, and finally ushered in the final judgment of this life operation.
Judging from the scenes in the trailer, the iron bridge and ruins are highly restored to the tragedy of the "Battle of Tianjin Liberation", especially the scene of tens of thousands of people crowding with guns and bullets, which is even worse than the sea raid in "Dunkirk". In order to restore the old city of Tianjin, which once brought together more than 1.5 million soldiers and millions of refugees in history, the crew did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to build a city, such as the Jiefang Bridge, the roof community, the sewers and a series of unique buildings in the old Tianjin city.
I would like to ask how many people in the Chinese film industry can have such a big hand. Later, I learned that the chief planner of the film was no one else, it was the famous Han Sanping, who was the guarantee of quality.
In addition, Li Shaohong, a famous director who has directed classic dramas such as "Orange Red" and "Daming Palace Words", serves as the director and general director of the film, which is enough for such a director who is familiar with the emotions of the characters, it is enough to bear the grasp of the microscopic veins of war and people, nationality and righteousness, separation and reunion, betrayal and love from the perspective of macro war.
Chang Xiaoyang, who has served as an executive director in classic films such as "Ten Faces Ambush" and "The Great Cause of Party Building", is responsible for specific directing work. It should be said that such a lineup will surely achieve a visual feast of high-value war blockbusters.
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